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¨^~/§%¤@## %§ OPERATION CONTRASTING VALKYRIE %§ ##@¤%§/~^¨
¨¨¨¨^~//§¤ §% IN THE SIXTIES. THE CENTRAL §% ¤§//~^¨¨¨¨
¨^~/§%¤### %§ INTELLIGENCE AGENCY "CIA" RELEASE %§ ###¤%§/~^¨
¨^~/§%¤@## §% AEROSOLIZED SELATENINE OVER A §% ##@¤%§/~^¨
¨^~/§%¤@## %§ JUPITER EQUINOX CONCERT, CREATING %§ ##@¤%§/~^¨
¨^~/§%¤@## §% THE LARGEST SECRET PARADIGM SHIFT §% ##@¤%§/~^¨
¨^~/§%¤@## %§ THAT THE WORLD HAS EVER ~SEEN~. %§ ##@¤%§/~^¨
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¨^~/§%¤@## A FESTIVAL IN BLACK TICKLE ARRANGED BY ##@¤%§/~^¨
¨^~/§%¤@## A GROUP CALLED EPICENTER OF LOVE. THERE ##@¤%§/~^¨
¨^~/§%¤@## IS NO ENTRANCE BUT VISITORS ARE ##@¤%§/~^¨
¨^~/§%¤@## EXPECTED TO HELP WITH MAINTENANCE. FOOD ##@¤%§/~^¨
¨^~/§%¤@## AND DRINK IS SHARED. MANY BANDS ARE ##@¤%§/~^¨
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¨^~/§%¤@## QUIET MOVEMENT, AND THE LEAD SINGER ##@¤%§/~^¨
¨^~/§%¤@## WALKS TO THE FRONT OF THE STAGE. ##@¤%§/~^¨
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¨^~/§¤@### HUMAN BEING. I AM NOT AN ANIMAL OR A ###@¤§/~^¨
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¨^~/§%¤@## TO REACH OUT TOWARD THAT HAND AND GRAB ##@¤%§/~^¨
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¨^~/§%¤@## BEFORE THE REST OF THE BAND KICKS IN ##@¤%§/~^¨
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¨^~/§%¤@## THE CROWD ERUPTS. AND THEN SOMETHING ##@¤%§/~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~§%¤ ELSE ERUPTS AS WELL. A CONCERT-GOER ¤%§~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨^~/§%¤@## AND I CAN FEEL MY BODY AS I'VE NEVER ##@¤%§/~^¨
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¨^~/§%¤### AND EACH MOLECULE, ALL VIBRATING IN ###¤%§/~^¨
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¨^~§%¤@### BUILDING UP TO SOMETHING, WAKING UP." ###@¤%§~^¨
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¨^~/§%@### BUTTERFLIES GETTING HIT BY A BURST OF ###@%§/~^¨
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¨^~/§%¤@## §% THE "JUPITER EQUINOX" ACT. IT §% ##@¤%§/~^¨
¨¨¨¨~~/§%@ %§ SEEMS THERE WAS NEVER ANY %§ @%§/~~¨¨¨¨
¨^~/§%¤@## §% JUPITER EQUINOX CONCERTS BEFORE OR §% ##@¤%§/~^¨
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¨^~/§%¤@## §% LEAD SINGER (ALSO COLLOQUIALLY §% ##@¤%§/~^¨
¨^~///§%@# %§ REFERRED TO AS JUPITER) SEEMED TO %§ #@%§///~^¨
¨^~/§%¤@## §% IMMEDIATELY DISAPPEAR (FOR A LONG §% ##@¤%§/~^¨
¨^~/§%¤### %§ WHILE SHE WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN %§ ###¤%§/~^¨
¨^~/§%¤@## §% A CIA AGENT, BUT A LATER FOIA §% ##@¤%§/~^¨
¨^~/§%¤@## %§ RELEASE REFUTED THIS). FOR OBVIOUS %§ ##@¤%§/~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨^/%@@ §% REASONS, MANY WERE LOOKING FOR ANY §% @@%/^¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~/§%¤@## %§ TRACE OF THE BAND, BUT NONE %§ ##@¤%§/~^¨
¨^~/§%¤@## §% WERE FRUITFUL. §% ##@¤%§/~^¨
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¨^~/§%¤@## §% RECENTLY, HOWEVER, SOME ATTENTION §% ##@¤%§/~^¨
¨^~/§%¤@## %§ HAS BEEN DRAWN TO JUNIPER HELDING, %§ ##@¤%§/~^¨
¨^~/§%¤@## §% A SIXTEEN YEAR OLD POP SINGER FROM §% ##@¤%§/~^¨
¨^~/§%¤@## %§ ENGLAND WHO HAS A VERY STRIKING %§ ##@¤%§/~^¨
¨^~/§%¤@## §% SIMILARITY... §% ##@¤%§/~^¨
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