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.,~=%$#### in, it would be quick. the boat on its   ####$%=~,.
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....,~=%$# shift, they crawl, they grow and         #$%=~,....
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.,~=%$#### (i'm thinking, i should get a tattoo     ####$%=~,.
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...,~=%$## that they do indeed migrate across the   ##$%=~,...
....,~=%$# skin. (or, the circles would trap them,  #$%=~,....
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