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.....:==*$  soothe.dream                            $*==:.....
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..:==*$@##    i find myself using soothing magic.   ##@$*==:..
.:==*$@###   this is bad. it's only eleven forty,   ###@$*==:.
..:==*$@## and i have to stay in the work mill for  ##@$*==:..
...:==*$@#            many hours to come.           #@$*==:...
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.....:==*$     the tricks are always needed come    $*==:.....
....:==*$@   evening, to cope, to remain a living   @$*==:....
...:==*$@#  being in spite all this, the state of   #@$*==:...
..:==*$@##      it... an act of personal quiet      ##@$*==:..
.:==*$@###          rebellion, to survive.          ###@$*==:.
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...:==*$@#  but now i've used the magic too early.  #@$*==:...
....:==*$@  it will wane off and become powerless.  @$*==:....
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....:==*$@      i am religious at sunrise and       @$*==:....
...:==*$@#   existentialist at sundown. then i go   #@$*==:...
..:==*$@##  home, my mana wasted on the capricous   ##@$*==:..
.:==*$@###    pursuits of the enemy, my employer.   ###@$*==:.
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