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 # 2026-07 and 2026-08
 
-Thank you, Bouncepaw, my friend; for creating this zine and inviting me to participate in it. Thank you also, reader, for reading these words.
+Thank you Bouncepaw, my friend, for creating this zine and inviting me to participate in it. Thank you also, reader, for reading these words. I don't want to distract from the rest of the pieces in this collection for longer than needed so I will try to be straight (like an arrow) and to the point (ever bending).
 
  
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