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§§§§¨§¨¨¨§ over              the               sea. §§¨§§§§§¨¨
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§§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨ the  crystals and shoots  north,  like a ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ syringe       into       a       baloon. ¨§§¨¨§§¨¨¨
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§§§¨¨¨¨¨§§ and it is the rest of a mining disaster. ¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§
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§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§ the  people  here  are pale  but  crisp, §§¨§§¨§¨§¨
§§¨¨¨¨¨§§§ reflections   of   some   other    world ¨¨§§¨§§§§§
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¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨ are   manifesting  them  into   physical §§§¨¨§§¨§§
§¨§§¨¨§¨§¨ form.  like  if you  weren't here,  they §¨¨§¨§¨§§¨
§§§¨§¨§§§§ would  be  nothing  more  than  the  sun ¨§¨§§§§§¨§
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¨§¨§§¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨§§¨§¨§¨¨
¨§§§¨§§§¨¨                                          ¨§§¨§§§§§¨
¨§¨¨§§¨¨§¨                                          §§¨§§¨¨¨¨§
§§§¨§¨§¨§§                                          §¨§§¨§¨¨¨§
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