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##@#$$;~.. the anti-road ..~;$$#@##
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#@@$;..... a wind, cool and passing coherence .....;$@@#
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#@$;...... if something, a lake or a creature or a ......;$@#
#@#@$$;~.. crystal, is surrounded on all sides by ..~;$$@#@#
#@#@$$;~.. the same forest, it is said to be ..~;$$@#@#
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@@#@$$;~.. where the trees are planted to be ..~;$$@#@@
#@#@$$;~.. harvested. ..~;$$@#@#
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