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.......,~/ *,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,* /~,.......
........,~ *  [five minutes after] second sunrise * ~,........
........., * .................................... * ,.........
........,~ *  it   is   the  sunrise   following  * ~,........
.......,~/ * the first  sunset experienced during * /~,.......
......,~/* *    a    single   waking   period.    * */~,......
.....,~/** *,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,* **/~,.....
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...,~/**¤#  you're one step inward, downward: light #¤**/~,...
..,~/**¤##      falls from a strange direction,     ##¤**/~,..
.,~/**¤###   illuminating the forest differently.   ###¤**/~,.
..,~/**¤##   familiar places have other contours.   ##¤**/~,..
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....,~/**¤   there's usually a prevailing rotten    ¤**/~,....
.....,~/**  smell, almost sweet. this would be the  **/~,.....
......,~/*   over-ripe belly of the previous day.   */~,......
.......,~/      some come to like it; i don't.      /~,.......
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.........,   finally, there's a false strength, a   ,.........
........,~  fools strength. given to you by the air ~,........
.......,~/   and the light. but it's treacherous.   /~,.......
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.....,~/**    its purpose is to lure you on dark    **/~,.....
....,~/**¤  errands, but it doesn't care for you.   ¤**/~,....
...,~/**¤#    the "fairy's tailwind" will shift     #¤**/~,...
..,~/**¤##   without warning as soon as it finds a  ##¤**/~,..
.,~/**¤###   more promising subject, leaving you    ###¤**/~,.
..,~/**¤##  washed up in unknown places without the ##¤**/~,..
...,~/**¤#            means of a return.            #¤**/~,...
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......,~/*           * detritus source *            */~,......
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