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    y minutes or so, and s quite asleep, w she ground.

    t up and gats, and sa t resolved itself into a round object, about t across, rolling along to a , and falling on its side.

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    closely.

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    fragrance t. S ter t glistening, and as souc again, s it slide easily under  was exuding a kind of oil.

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    If  t, and tiple ed by quantum t off from ion rees and large creatures on.

    So see ific any, no geology, no biology of any sort, s as a baby.

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    Sed back into t roots and crammed o it, peering over ttress beside  to cloud.

    s first it looked like a motorcycle gang. t it  . But she was.

    tures, but leaner and gray-colored,  trunks like eleps. tructure as t some and rear single