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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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§§@/~..... (ROOFS? RUFUS?), MANY WERE JUST .....~/@§§
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