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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 ,§,,§§§§,§
,,,,,,,,,§ syringe       into       a       baloon. §§,§,,,§§,
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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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