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..........             === clarinet ===             ..........
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.......:~= the clarinet is  a darkish  tube  with a =~:.......
......:~=* blow  hole and a music hole, in separate *=~:......
.....:~=*% ends.  on  it's  side  are   levers  and %*=~:.....
....:~=*%& buttons to guide its unfathomable power. &%*=~:....
...:~=*%&¶                                          ¶&%*=~:...
..:~=*%&¶# it was  designed for humans  but can  be #¶&%*=~:..
.:~=*%&¶## used   by   any   being   with   blowing ##¶&%*=~:.
..:~=*%&¶# capabilities  and at least some fingers. #¶&%*=~:..
...:~=*%&¶                                          ¶&%*=~:...
....:~=*%&                  ~&=&~                   &%*=~:....
.....:~=*%                                          %*=~:.....
......:~=* the  clarinet  can be  thought  of  as a *=~:......
.......:~= pasttime  or  a  tool,  but  also  as  a =~:.......
........:~ weapon.  as such  it has  been  used  in ~:........
.........: many  campaigns,  but  at  the  time  of :.........
.......... writing  it  has  been   lost  for  over ..........
..........               fourty years               ..........
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