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.........^    a ray from a raspberry sun. still     ^.........
........^=   there, everything would be gritty and  =^........
.......^=\  full of tar. rain upon it. but then a   \=^.......
......^=\=  few bright and colorful anomalies. and  =\=^......
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......^=\= with them, with their kind. easy to get  =\=^......
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........^=               way back up.               =^........
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.........^ but i cannot go. the consequences would  ^.........
........^=  be too large. especially since i'm in   =^........
.......^=\    the work mill and they've got their   \=^.......
......^=\=   eyes on me already. the feeling will   =\=^......
.....^=\=£  wane, and i will miss it, and cease to  £=\=^.....
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