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ab q qj" tabindex="-1" rel="noopener follow" href="/affirmation-dispels-darkness-2ba936ff27af?source=user_profile_page---------6-------------3d7a79a6f4c1---------------"><div><div class="ab" aria-hidden="false"><div class="ab q gm"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="#6B6B6B" viewBox="0 0 16 16"><path fill="#6B6B6B" d="M12.344 11.458A5.28 5.28 0 0 0 14 7.526C14 4.483 11.391 2 8.051 2S2 4.483 2 7.527c0 3.051 2.712 5.526 6.059 5.526a6.6 6.6 0 0 0 1.758-.236q.255.223.554.414c.784.51 1.626.768 2.512.768a.37.37 0 0 0 .355-.214.37.37 0 0 0-.03-.384 4.7 4.7 0 0 1-.857-1.958v.014z"></path></svg><span>7</span></div></div></div></a></div></div></div><div class="ab q ql qm"><div class="h k j i d"><div><div class="bm" aria-hidden="false"><span><a class="af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at" 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She is standing in a strange mall filled with endless corridors, brown and black mannequins silently watching her every move. darker aura, creepy lighting" class="bx id" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fill:320:214/1*RiY4NWzz8q8Oq1J-DFCsLw.png" width="160" height="107" loading="lazy"/></div></div></div></div><div class="qt j i d"><span class="bf b dt z ds"><div class="jy ab hl ae"><div class="ab q qj"><div class="oc ab"><div class="bm" aria-hidden="false"><button class="l ay ao am" aria-label="Member-only story"><div class=""><div><div class="bm" aria-hidden="false"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 64 64"><path fill="#FFC017" d="m39.637 40.831-5.771 15.871a1.99 1.99 0 0 1-3.732 0l-5.771-15.87a2.02 2.02 0 0 0-1.194-1.195L7.298 33.866a1.99 1.99 0 0 1 0-3.732l15.87-5.771a2.02 2.02 0 0 0 1.195-1.194l5.771-15.871a1.99 1.99 0 0 1 3.732 0l5.771 15.87a2.02 2.02 0 0 0 1.194 1.195l15.871 5.771a1.99 1.99 0 0 1 0 3.732l-15.87 5.771a2.02 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