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.-~:†@§@##  soothe.dream                            ##@§@†:~-.
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.....~†§§@    i find myself using soothing magic.   @§§†~.....
.---~:††§§   this is bad. it's only eleven forty,   §§††:~---.
.-~:†@§@##  and i have to stay in the work mill for ##@§@†:~-.
.-~:†@@###            many hours to come.           ###@@†:~-.
...--~††§§                                          §§††~--...
......~:@@     the tricks are always needed come    @@:~......
.-~:†@§###   evening, to cope, to remain a living   ###§@†:~-.
.--~~††@§@  being in spite all this, the state of   @§@††~~--.
.-~:†@§@@@      it... an act of personal quiet      @@@§@†:~-.
.....-~†@§          rebellion, to survive.          §@†~-.....
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.-~:†@§@##  but now i've used the magic too early.  ##@§@†:~-.
.-~:†@§@##  it will wane off and become powerless.  ##@§@†:~-.
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.-~:†@§@@@       i am religious at sunrise and      @@@§@†:~-.
....~::@@§   existentialist at sundown. then i go   §@@::~....
.-~†@§@###  home, my mana wasted on the capricous   ###@§@†~-.
.-~:†@§@##    pursuits of the enemy, my employer.   ##@§@†:~-.
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