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¨.~=†£@### must  imagine them doing or saying. they ###@£†=~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~†@ have  some  agency, but  not  while  i'm @†~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~=†£@###   looking. the instructions are beamed   ###@£†=~.¨
¨¨¨¨~~††@# into  my  mind,  spoken  from  a god, or #@††~~¨¨¨¨
¨.~=†£@###              false demiurge.             ###@£†=~.¨
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¨.~=†£@### sometimes i'm too slow  and fail to make ###@£†=~.¨
¨.~=†£@### them  do  what  i'm   instructed  before ###@£†=~.¨
¨.~=†£@### time's out, and then  they get punished. ###@£†=~.¨
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¨.~=†£@### down to  only the word he failed  to say ###@£†=~.¨
¨.~=†£@###     (roofs? rufus?), many were just      ###@£†=~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨~==†@            physically maimed.            @†==~¨¨¨¨¨
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