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#@¶@**:~.¨ NO REAL GEOMETRY IN THE CAVES. YOU MAY ¨.~:**@¶@#
##¶@**:~.¨ FEEL AS IF YOU ARE VENTURING INTO SOME ¨.~:**@¶##
@¶*:~¨¨¨¨¨ VAST STRUCTURE, BUT YOU ARE IN FACT ¨¨¨¨¨~:*¶@
#@¶@**:~.¨ LEAVING ANY SUCH THING AT THE ENTRANCE. ¨.~:**@¶@#
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@@**:~.¨¨¨ LEAVING PHYSICAL TETHERS BEHIND, ¨¨¨.~:**@@
@*:.¨¨¨¨¨¨ SUBMITTING TO AN INESCAPABLE DARKNESS, ¨¨¨¨¨¨.:*@
#@¶@**:~.¨ THE WORLD AROUND YOU BECOMES MORE OF A ¨.~:**@¶@#
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@*:.¨¨¨¨¨¨ WORLD ROSE FROM. IT'S THE WATER YOU ¨¨¨¨¨¨.:*@
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