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..~=/*¤@ * [FIVE MINUTES AFTER] SECOND SUNRISE * @#&¤*/=~..
.~=/*¤@# * .................................... * #@#&¤*/=~.
..~=/*¤@ * IT IS THE SUNRISE FOLLOWING * @#&¤*/=~..
...~=/*¤ * THE FIRST SUNSET EXPERIENCED DURING * #&¤*/=~...
....~=/*¤& * A SINGLE WAKING PERIOD. * &¤*/=~....
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.......~=/ YOU'RE ONE STEP INWARD, DOWNWARD: LIGHT /=~.......
......~=/* FALLS FROM A STRANGE DIRECTION, */=~......
.....~=/*¤ ILLUMINATING THE FOREST DIFFERENTLY. ¤*/=~.....
....~=/*¤& FAMILIAR PLACES HAVE OTHER CONTOURS. &¤*/=~....
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..~=/*¤@ THERE'S USUALLY A PREVAILING ROTTEN @#&¤*/=~..
.~=/*¤@# SMELL, ALMOST SWEET. THIS WOULD BE THE #@#&¤*/=~.
..~=/*¤@ OVER-RIPE BELLY OF THE PREVIOUS DAY. @#&¤*/=~..
...~=/*¤ SOME COME TO LIKE IT; I DON'T. #&¤*/=~...
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.....~=/*¤ FINALLY, THERE'S A FALSE STRENGTH, A ¤*/=~.....
......~=/* FOOLS STRENGTH. GIVEN TO YOU BY THE AIR */=~......
.......~=/ AND THE LIGHT. BUT IT'S TREACHEROUS. /=~.......
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.....~=/*¤ ITS PURPOSE IS TO LURE YOU ON DARK ¤*/=~.....
....~=/*¤& ERRANDS, BUT IT DOESN'T CARE FOR YOU. &¤*/=~....
...~=/*¤ THE "FAIRY'S TAILWIND" WILL SHIFT #&¤*/=~...
..~=/*¤@ WITHOUT WARNING AS SOON AS IT FINDS A @#&¤*/=~..
.~=/*¤@# MORE PROMISING SUBJECT, LEAVING YOU #@#&¤*/=~.
..~=/*¤@ WASHED UP IN UNKNOWN PLACES WITHOUT THE @#&¤*/=~..
...~=/*¤ MEANS OF A RETURN. #&¤*/=~...
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