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   .                                           .
  .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .
 .  .                                         .  .
.  .  house                           engine   .  .
.  .  throughout      -#----\ /----#- climbing  .  .
.  .  the power voyage       |        predatory  .  .
.   .                        |        loyalties  .   .
.    .                       |                   .    .
.     .                      #                  .      .
.      .                     |                 .        .
.       .                  decay              .          .
.        .                 becoming          .            .
.         .                personal         .              .
.          .               armor           .                .
.           .                             .                  .
.            . . . + . . . . . . . . . . .                    .
.                  |                                           .
.                  #                                            .
.                  |                                             .
.                  |                                              .
.                  \             risk                              .
.                   ----------#- within                             .
.                  /             the story swing                     .
.                  |                                                  .
.                  |                                                  .
.                  #                                                  .
.                  |                                                  .
.      . . . . . . + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            .
.     .                                                   .           .
.    .  . . . . . . .                   . . . . . . . . .  .          .
.   .  .             .                 .                 .  .         .
.  .  .  nostalgic    .               .  crime of choice  .  .        .
.  .  .  respect       .              .  appears           .  .       .
.  .  .  is predatory   .             .  highly temporary   .  .      .
.  .  .       |          .            .         |            .  .     .
.  .  .       #          .            .         #             .  .    .
.  .  .       |          .            .         |              .  .   .
.  .  .       |          .            .         |               .  .  .
.  .  .       +-+        +-#--------#-+         +-+             .  .  .
.  .  .       | |        .            .         | |             .  .  .
.  .  .         |        .            .           |             .  .  .
.  .  .         |        .            .           |             .  .  .
.  .  .         #        .             .          #             .  .  .
.  .  .         |        .              .         |             .  .  .
.  .  .      lashed      .               .     hearing          .  .  .
 .  .  .     to wishing  .                .    insufficient     .  .  .
  .  .  .    place       .                 .   ominous          .  .  .
   .  .  .   be certain  .                  .  downstream crux  .  .  .
    .  .  .             .                    .                 .   .  .
     .  .  . . . . . . .                      . . . . . . . . .   .  .
      .  .                                                       .  .
       .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .
        .                                                         .
         . . . . . . . . . . . .+. . . . .+. . . . . . . . . . . .
                                |         |
                                #         #
                                |         |
                                |         |
 stamping                       |         |               silenced ocean
 sugar conviction               /         \               metaphorically sealed
 throughout       -#--+---------           ---------+--#- by fighting foreign
 abandoned            |         \         /         |     mirror image
 ideology cave        #         |         |         #
                      |         |         |         |
                      |         |         |         |
                      |         #         #         |
                      |         |         |         |
                      |       . + . . . . + .       |
                      |      .               .      |
                      |     .  secure         .     |
                      |     .  demolition      .    |
                      |     .  of society glow  .   |
                      |     .        |          .   |
                      |     .        #          .   |
                      |     .        |          .   |
                      |     .        |          .   |
                      |     .        +-+        .   |
                      |     .        | |        .   |
                      |     .          |        .   |
                      |     .          |        .   |
                      |     .          #        .   |
                      |     .          |        .   |
                      |     .     totem chain   .   |
                      |      .    is draped    .    |
                      |       .   in outlaw   .     |
                      |        .  theories   .      |
                      |         .           .       |
                      |          . . . . . .        |
                      |                             |
                      |                             |
                      +--------------\ /------------+
                                      |
                                      |
                                      |
                                      #
                                      |
                . . . . . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . . . .
               .                                           .
              .  commander                      sand        .
              .  of the gesture -#----\ /----#- beneath      .
              .  of calculated         |        the outpost  .
              .  procession            |                    .
               .                       |                   .
                .                      #                  .
                 .                     |                 .
                  .                imitating            .
                   .               half duration       .
                    .              of the animal      .
                     .             alone             .
                      .                             .
                       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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