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.¤¤......¤ over the sea. .¤¤¤¤..¤¤.
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.¤¤¤¤¤¤..¤ the lowland which was once the midriff ¤¤¤..¤¤¤¤.
..¤¤¤¤.... of sweden. the salt flats span for ¤¤....¤¤..
¤..¤¤..¤¤¤ hundreds of miles. from a narrow line ...¤¤....¤
........¤¤ of hills the train lowers itself onto ¤¤....¤¤..
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤..¤ the crystals and shoots north, like a ...¤¤....¤
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....¤¤..¤¤ they call it the "mandelbrot crater", ..¤¤¤¤¤¤..
¤¤¤....... and it is the rest of a mining disaster. ...¤¤¤¤..¤
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.¤¤....¤¤¤ sun hits the four-railed track, as it .¤¤¤¤..¤¤.
....¤¤..¤¤ fractures into villages or past them. ..¤¤......
¤¤¤....... the people here are pale but crisp, .....¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤..¤¤¤¤¤¤ reflections of some other world ¤¤¤¤..¤¤¤¤
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¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ they always seem a bit annoyed that you ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ are manifesting them into physical ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ form. like if you weren't here, they ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ would be nothing more than the sun ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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