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..~~=†%§¶@ .                  #                   . @¶§%†=~~..
...~~=†%§¶ .         #         .        #         . ¶§%†=~~...
....~~=†%§ .     .      #     .     #      .      . §%†=~~....
...~~=†%§¶ .    .   .    #    .    #    .    .    . ¶§%†=~~...
..~~=†%§¶@ first hit - in the  stomach. and then in @¶§%†=~~..
.~~=†%§¶@# the    neck.    #    lights     strobing #@¶§%†=~~.
..~~=†%§¶@ ~   #   in   angel    patterns    #    ~ @¶§%†=~~..
...~~=†%§¶ ~     ~     #    ~    ~     #     ~    ~ ¶§%†=~~...
....~~=†%§ ~   ~   ~  ~  #  ~   ~   #  ~  ~   ~   ~ §%†=~~....
...~~=†%§¶ ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  #  ~  ~  #  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~ ¶§%†=~~...
..~~=†%§¶@ body broken, bleeding, kicked  again and @¶§%†=~~..
.~~=†%§¶@# again   (now  down  on   the  concrete), #@¶§%†=~~.
..~~=†%§¶@ ~    #     ribs     cracked.     #     ~ @¶§%†=~~..
...~~=†%§¶ ~     #      ~      ~      ~     #     ~ ¶§%†=~~...
....~~=†%§ ~    ~   #    ~    ~    ~    #    ~    ~ §%†=~~....
...~~=†%§¶ ~  ~   ~   #   ~   ~   ~   #   ~   ~   ~ ¶§%†=~~...
..~~=†%§¶@ consciousness    rerouted    into    the @¶§%†=~~..
.~~=†%§¶@# escaping blood. mixed  with  the glow of #@¶§%†=~~.
..~~=†%§¶@ the streetlights and  carried  away into @¶§%†=~~..
...~~=†%§¶ the    hands    of    the    angel.    . ¶§%†=~~...
....~~=†%§ .   ~  ~   =   †   %   †   =   ~   ~   . §%†=~~....
...~~=†%§¶ .      ~     ~      =     ~      ~     . ¶§%†=~~...
..~~=†%§¶@ .         ~         ~        ~         . @¶§%†=~~..
.~~=†%§¶@# she  lifts  her  cupped  hands  to   her #@¶§%†=~~.
..~~=†%§¶@ muzzle    .    .    .     and    drinks. @¶§%†=~~..
...~~=†%§¶ .         #         #        #         . ¶§%†=~~...
....~~=†%§ .    .    .   #    #    #    .    .    . §%†=~~....
...~~=†%§¶ .        .         #         .         . ¶§%†=~~...
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