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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, .~====*^@@
@^=~......                numb 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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