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.......... ####.== OMEGA POINT ==.#### ..........
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.........- #...========THERE'S PROBABLY A POINT -.........
........-= (THEY TELL ME SO; THE ONES I TALK TO, =-........
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...-=;†### TOO MUCH. THE FEY ARE CURIOUS LIKE US, ###†;=-...
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.......... BUT IT WONT BE, AND THE SECOND THEY ..........
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.......... HEY LOOK AT US AND OUR PLANET AND THEY ..........
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