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@#%=====,, i get instructions for them, for what i ,,=====%#@
##@#%^==,, must imagine them doing or saying. they ,,==^%#@##
#%^==,,,,, have some agency, but not while i'm ,,,,,==^%#
##@#%^==,, looking. the instructions are beamed ,,==^%#@##
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###@#^==,, 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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###^===,,, (roofs? rufus?), many were just ,,,===^###
##@#%^==,, physically maimed. ,,==^%#@##
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##@#%^==,, it all was very stressful and ,,==^%#@##
#^^^^^==,, repulsive. it felt like a nightmare, or ,,==^^^^^#
##@#%^==,, fever dream. ,,==^%#@##
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