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,,§,,,§,§, over               the              sea. ,§,,§,,§,§
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,,,,,§§,,§ hundreds of miles. from  a  narrow  line ,§,,§§§,§§
§,,,,§,§,§ of hills  the  train lowers  itself onto ,§§,§,,§§,
§§,,,§§§§§ the  crystals and shoots north,  like  a §§,§§§,§,§
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§,§§,,§,,, and it is the rest of a mining disaster. ,§,§,§§,§,
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§,,§,§,§§, fractures into villages  or  past  them. §,§§§,§,,,
§§,§§§§§,§ the  people  here are  pale  but  crisp, §§§,,§§§,,
§,§§,,,,§§ reflections   of   some   other    world ,,,§,§,,§,
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§,,§§,§§§§ they always seem a bit  annoyed that you §§§§,§,§§§
,§,§,§§,,, are  manifesting  them   into   physical ,,,,§§§§,,
,§§§§§,§,, form. like  if  you  weren't here,  they ,,,,§,,,§,
,§,,,,§§§, would  be  nothing  more  than  the  sun ,,,,§§,,§§
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