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0:00 - Intro
1:58 - Various Ramblings
5:50 - Credits

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Art by kvd102
Idea by gu-de-mao-ning
Music by me.
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Translations:
Leeuwe van den Heuvel - Dutch
Kaiserthe13th - Turkish
Дзишу Фурыч - Russian
João P. Magalhães - Portuguese (Brazil)
Rubýñ - Spanish
deacu daniel - Romanian

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