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.,-\^*#@## THEMSELVES. THERE IS A HUNGER IN THEM ##@#*^\-,.
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.,-\^****# REALLY IRKS ME IS THAT SO DO I. #****^\-,.
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.,-\^*##@# THEY GIVE ME WRISTBANDS AND ANKLETS, #@##*^\-,.
.,-\^*##@# MADE OF SOME STRANGE STONE. THEIR #@##*^\-,.
.,-\^*##@# SURFACE IS SWIRLING, LIKE DARK #@##*^\-,.
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...,-^^^*# MY BODY SO THAT IT CAN SEE CLEARLY #*^^^-,...
.,-\^*##@# WHATS IN STORE. #@##*^\-,.
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.,-\^*#### "OUT OF THIS WORLD", I THINK, HAVING NO ####*^\-,.
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.,,-\\^^#@ THE BUGS LEAVE ME SUSPICIOUSLY @#^^\\-,,.
.,-\^***## SATISFIED. ##***^\-,.
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.,-\^*##@# ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH #@##*^\-,.
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