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..~-^^%@@# SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE #@@%^^-~..
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..~-^^%@@# IT, THE VEIL IS NEXT TO BREACHED... I #@@%^^-~..
.~-^^%@@## HEAR FLUTES, SINES, REPEATING THEMES ##@@%^^-~.
..~-^^%@@# LIKE WERE THEY CALLS FROM RUBBERY #@@%^^-~..
...~-^^%@@ BIRDS... DEAFENINGLY LOUD! @@%^^-~...
....~-^^%@ BUT LIKE A MIRAGE, CONSTANTLY @%^^-~....
.....~-^^% EVAPORATING AND REFORMING. %^^-~.....
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