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*A night-sky black and barium oxide white lemur explodes across the heavens* ... .":. .:"" "". : :.: . "'.<""""> : ..: .:..<(.)(.)> :..')) ; .')) )/~\( '))) ))) \U/
*A dazzling blossom of incandescent strontium red and luminescent barium-chloride green blooms in the night sky* ___ _// \ _/ \/__|_ \ / __//_/==\_| ___ / | / /|// == \ \ / | | |\|| //_\ | |_/ \ \ \\ / \_/| || \ \___/\\| _ ///___\ \__|\_\=//_// _\_| \___\_____/ !! \____/ !! !! ___ -(!! __ ___ _ |\| \ !!_.-~~ /|\- \~-._ | -\| | !!/ / | |\- | |\ \ \__-\|______ !! | \___\| \_\| _____ _.-~/|\ \\!! \ | / ~-. / /| / /| \ \!! \ / |\~- / ---/| | | |\ | !! \__| | ---/| | | \ /| / -(!! | -/| | / \|/ !! |/____ / !!)- !!
*A pallette of incandescent magnesium and titanium silver paints a dark,feline visage across the canvas of the night sky, an incandescence of iron defining dazzling, golden eyes* \ `;, `:. , ;. . :' .;` / ; `;;, .: :. ,;;` / \ ';/ \:: : . ::/ \;` ; ).' __.._` '_..__ `./ /< \\ /I`, ,'I\ // > /\ `;-7/_\ -- /_\7-;' /\ //. `"':" ;; ":`"' /\ |/ . .:' __..__ `. \| /\|: ./. `=_ _=' .\ |/\ /:(/::. \/ .::\) / ////=-v-'`-v-=\\\\ ///`Nx_\;;/_xN'\\\ / / `"w==w"' \ \ / \
*In a blaze of incandescent yellow Sodium fire, a tribute to an old friend* ___.___ | \|/ .-""-. || .'-------. ||__./ \_ '---. (.)(.) .\ | |\\ | '--' | ||_ | ; |\ \ / '-.____.-' ASCII art adapted from http://www.geocities.com/joan_stark/textcartoon.htm)
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