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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. ##$=*~-...
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.....-~*=$ it was designed for humans but can be $=*~-.....
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.......-~* capabilities and at least some fingers. *~-.......
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.....-~*=$ 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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