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,,,,,,,,,, SURFACE IS SWIRLING, LIKE DARK ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, WINDOWS INTO A SMALLER WORLD, CLOSE TO ,,,,,,,,,,
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%^^~,,,,,, TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ,,,,,,~^^%
^^~,,,,,,, ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH ,,,,,,,~^^
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