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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 ##@¤*=\»-.
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....»»==¤@ REALLY IRKS ME IS THAT SO DO I. @¤==»»....
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.-»\=*¤### THEY GIVE ME WRISTBANDS AND ANKLETS, ###¤*=\»-.
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.-»=*¤@### SURFACE IS SWIRLING, LIKE DARK ###@¤*=»-.
.-»\=*¤@## THUNDERSTORMS TRAPPED IN GLASS, LIKE ##@¤*=\»-.
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.-»\=*¤@## WHATS IN STORE. ##@¤*=\»-.
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.-»\=¤@### THEY GIVE ME FOOD: PRAWN-LIKE BUGS THAT ###@¤=\»-.
.-»\=*¤@## MAKE MY TONGUE CURL WITH SATISFACTION. ##@¤*=\»-.
.-»\=*¤@## "OUT OF THIS WORLD", I THINK, HAVING NO ##@¤*=\»-.
.-»\=*¤@## FRAME OF REFERENCE. I EAT ONLY TWO, BUT ##@¤*=\»-.
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.-»\\\===¤ ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH ¤===\\\»-.
.-»\=*¤@## ANTICIPATION. ##@¤*=\»-.
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