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##@@$=†~.¨ THE FEELING FO "SOMETHIGN IS WRONG  WITH ¨.~†=$@@##
##@@$=†~.¨ THE WORLD"   -  IN A VERY  PROFOUND WAY, ¨.~†=$@@##
@@===~¨¨¨¨   IN A DOUBT-YOUR-EVERY-QUALIA WAY, IT   ¨¨¨¨~===@@
@@===†~~.¨ NEVER DISSIPATED. JUST GREW  USED TO IT, ¨.~~†===@@
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@@=~~~¨¨¨¨  MAYBE EVEN FILTERED SUBCONSCIOUSLY TO   ¨¨¨¨~~~=@@
###@@=†~.¨     RELIEVE THE GROWING TENSION AND      ¨.~†=@@###
#@$†††~~.¨              DISILLUSIONMENT             ¨.~~†††$@#
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@$=~~¨¨¨¨¨ THAT'S  PERHAPS  THE  DRAW  OF  STORIES, ¨¨¨¨¨~~=$@
##@@$=†~.¨  MYSTERIES AND "MAGISCAL REALISM", MOST  ¨.~†=$@@##
##@@$=†~.¨ HORROR   STORIES   EVEN   -   THERE   IS ¨.~†=$@@##
@=†.¨¨¨¨¨¨   CONFIRMATION. SOMETHING REALLY .IS.    ¨¨¨¨¨¨.†=@
##@@$=†~.¨ THERE. WHAT IT IS  IS NOT THAT IMPORTANT ¨.~†=$@@##
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