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...@@@.... % it is the sunrise following % ...@..@.@@
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@@...@@@.. % a single waking period. % @....@..@.
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..@@@..@.@ you're one step inward, downward: light @..@....@.
..@.@@...@ falls from a strange direction, .@..@....@
@...@@@..@ illuminating the forest differently. ..@..@....
.@..@.@@.. familiar places have other contours. @..@..@...
..@...@@@. .@..@..@..
...@..@.@@ there's usually a prevailing rotten ..@..@..@.
....@...@@ smell, almost sweet. this would be the ...@..@..@
@....@..@. over-ripe belly of the previous day. ....@..@..
.@....@... some come to like it; i don't. @....@..@.
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@..@....@. finally, there's a false strength, a ..@....@..
.@..@....@ fools strength. given to you by the air ...@....@.
..@..@.... and the light. but it's treacherous. ....@....@
@..@..@... .....@....
.@..@..@.. its purpose is to lure you on dark ......@...
..@..@..@. errands, but it doesn't care for you. .......@..
...@..@..@ the "fairy's tailwind" will shift @.......@.
....@..@.. without warning as soon as it finds a .@.......@
@....@..@. more promising subject, leaving you ..@.......
.@....@..@ washed up in unknown places without the @..@......
..@....@.. means of a return. @@..@.....
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