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,,,,«*$$@@ You." I Don'T  Quite  Like  The  Tone In @@$$*«,,,,
,,,,,,«%@@ Their Voices, Like  They Are Restraining @@%«,,,,,,
,,,,,«**%@ Themselves. There Is A  Hunger  In  Them @%**«,,,,,
,,«*%$@@@# And  It  Wants Me  To  Shrink.  And What #@@@$%*«,,
,,«*%$@@@@ Really  Irks   Me  Is  That  So  Do   I. @@@@$%*«,,
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,,«*%$@@@#      The Bugs Leave Me Suspiciously      #@@@$%*«,,
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,,,,,«**$@  Me, Barely Controlling Themselves With  @$**«,,,,,
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