The universe and its design is often one of arbitrary horror.
These are the sports, the offthrows, of the universe instead of the species; these are the weird children of the lust of the spheres.
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These are the sports, the offthrows, of the universe instead of the species; these are the weird children of the lust of the spheres.
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