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#@##*=†~,. CONSCIOUSNESS AND MY BODY. .,~†=*##@#
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#*==†~.... ALMOST HOSTILE. I CAN FEEL THEM SQUIRM, ....~†==*#
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#@##*=†~,. DOES NOTING... BUT TIME DOES - AFTER .,~†=*##@#
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#*=~~..... DOUBTING ANYTHING OF THIS HAPPENED IN .....~~=*#
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@#==†††~,. WHAT THESE ARE. LIKE YOU DO WITH A CAT .,~†††==#@
#@##*=†~,. WHO COMES TO CLOSE TO YOUR SANDWICH... .,~†=*##@#
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