Elements that are not set to runat = "server" are considered plain text and as few Literal objects as possible are collected (one between each server management). I believe that if you really want to, you can try to find the correct Literal object (or perhaps LiteralControl) in Page.Controls and change it, but I would definitely recommend against it.
What is so terrible that it sets runat = "server"?
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