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#@##&=^~:¨ and when it raises an arm, its fingers ¨:~^=&##@#
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##@#&=^~:¨ lit by the sun! and this pleasure is to ¨:~^=&#@##
#@##&=^~:¨ be shared, shared with others. ¨:~^=&##@#
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#@##&=^~:¨ squirming otter, now a stretching cat, ¨:~^=&##@#
#=~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ now almost humanoid. although suddenly ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~=#
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#@##&=^~:¨ by some internal fuel hostile to life. ¨:~^=&##@#
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