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...^«:=@&# ends.  on  it's  side  are   levers  and #&@=:«^...
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....^«:=@& capabilities  and at least some fingers. &@=:«^....
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...^«:=@&# pasttime  or  a  tool,  but  also  as  a #&@=:«^...
....^«:=@& weapon.  as such  it  has  been  used in &@=:«^....
...^«:=@&# many  campaigns,  but  at  the  time  of #&@=:«^...
..^«:=@&## writing  it  has  been  lost  for   over ##&@=:«^..
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