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The sound circulated like an autonomous being whose tentacles needed to experience a sensitive awareness of the terrain. The sound in this quote has a sense of intellect, a sense of feeling and a sense of knowing. It is an autonomous being that doesn’t need to depend on anyone else for help, it knows what it needs to do and gets there by itself.
Source: The Whistler
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