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¨¨¨¨^~~~$&      my warm-coffee-in-cold-snow...      &$~~~^¨¨¨¨
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¨^~/$*&@## indiscriminately, they hurt  but deal no ##@&*$/~^¨
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¨^~/$*&£@# will  take days  to heal. the final five #@£&*$/~^¨
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