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.......... * [five minutes after] second sunrise * ..........
.......... * .................................... * ..........
.......... * it is the sunrise following * ..........
.......... * the first sunset experienced during * ..........
.......... * a single waking period. * ..........
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.......... you're one step inward, downward: light ..........
.......... falls from a strange direction, ..........
.........~ illuminating the forest differently. ~.........
........~» familiar places have other contours. »~........
.......~»* *»~.......
......~»** there's usually a prevailing rotten **»~......
.....~»**¤ smell, almost sweet. this would be the ¤**»~.....
....~»**¤# over-ripe belly of the previous day. #¤**»~....
...~»**¤## some come to like it; i don't. ##¤**»~...
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.~»**¤#### finally, there's a false strength, a ####¤**»~.
..~»**¤### fools strength. given to you by the air ###¤**»~..
...~»**¤## and the light. but it's treacherous. ##¤**»~...
....~»**¤# #¤**»~....
.....~»**¤ its purpose is to lure you on dark ¤**»~.....
......~»** errands, but it doesn't care for you. **»~......
.......~»* the "fairy's tailwind" will shift *»~.......
........~» without warning as soon as it finds a »~........
.........~ more promising subject, leaving you ~.........
.......... washed up in unknown places without the ..........
.......... means of a return. ..........
.......... ..........
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.......... % detritus source % ..........
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