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##£*%*=,.. vast  structure,  but  you  are  in fact ..,=*%*£##
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,......... collective  mind,  with  a  shape and  a .........,
..........          direction and a taste.          ..........
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..........   inescapeable darkness, because if you  ..........
.......... bring  a  candle  or  mount   electrical ..........
.......... lights,  the   walls  only   serves   as ..........
.......... markers   to  where  the   tiny  spatial ..........
.......... existence ends and the darkness  beneath ..........
,.........                it begins.                .........,
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*%*=,.....        drown in, in your dreams.         .....,=*%*
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=,........ that you  make yourselves.  they may  be ........,=
,......... distorted by  the stone  structure,  and .........,
.......... amplified  by  your mind. try not to  be ..........
.......... alarmed,  try  to  remember the  persons ..........
.......... and  objects  around  you, and  you  can ..........
.......... discern   a   mirage   from  a   friend. ..........
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