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=~........ * [FIVE MINUTES AFTER] SECOND SUNRISE * ........~=
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&*=~...... * IT IS THE SUNRISE FOLLOWING * ......~=*&
#&*=~..... * THE FIRST SUNSET EXPERIENCED DURING * .....~=*&#
¶#&*=~.... * A SINGLE WAKING PERIOD. * ....~=*&#¶
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@¶#&*=~... YOU'RE ONE STEP INWARD, DOWNWARD: LIGHT ...~=*&#¶@
¶#&*=~.... FALLS FROM A STRANGE DIRECTION, ....~=*&#¶
#&*=~..... ILLUMINATING THE FOREST DIFFERENTLY. .....~=*&#
&*=~...... FAMILIAR PLACES HAVE OTHER CONTOURS. ......~=*&
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=~........ THERE'S USUALLY A PREVAILING ROTTEN ........~=
~......... SMELL, ALMOST SWEET. THIS WOULD BE THE .........~
.......... OVER-RIPE BELLY OF THE PREVIOUS DAY. ..........
~......... SOME COME TO LIKE IT; I DON'T. .........~
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*=~....... FINALLY, THERE'S A FALSE STRENGTH, A .......~=*
&*=~...... FOOLS STRENGTH. GIVEN TO YOU BY THE AIR ......~=*&
#&*=~..... AND THE LIGHT. BUT IT'S TREACHEROUS. .....~=*&#
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@¶#&*=~... ITS PURPOSE IS TO LURE YOU ON DARK ...~=*&#¶@
#@¶#&*=~.. ERRANDS, BUT IT DOESN'T CARE FOR YOU. ..~=*&#¶@#
@¶#&*=~... THE "FAIRY'S TAILWIND" WILL SHIFT ...~=*&#¶@
¶#&*=~.... WITHOUT WARNING AS SOON AS IT FINDS A ....~=*&#¶
#&*=~..... MORE PROMISING SUBJECT, LEAVING YOU .....~=*&#
&*=~...... WASHED UP IN UNKNOWN PLACES WITHOUT THE ......~=*&
*=~....... MEANS OF A RETURN. .......~=*
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