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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨       crimson emergency flares...        ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  bellowing their manifest, in the rain,  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=*
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££$*=,¨¨¨¨            a promise for more.           ¨¨¨¨,=*$££
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,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  a feather boa wrapped around a velvet   ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  lizard, surfacing for milliseconds at a ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨    time, calling, tugging at my arms.    ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨    begging me to sink back down and be   ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  with them, with their kind. easy to get ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  washed away from the tether, from the   ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨               way back up.               ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  but i cannot go. the consequences would ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  be too large. especially since i'm in   ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=*
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£$*=,¨¨¨¨¨   eyes on me already. the feeling will   ¨¨¨¨¨,=*$£
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