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*\--...... direction and a taste. ......--\*
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\--....... bring a candle or mount electrical .......--\
*\--...... lights, the walls only serves as ......--\*
¤*\--..... markers to where the tiny spatial .....--\*¤
¤¤*\--.... existence ends and the darkness beneath ....--\*¤¤
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\--....... worth it's name... it's the water the .......--\
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¤*\--..... drown in, in your dreams. .....--\*¤
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##¤¤*\--.. that you make yourselves. they may be ..--\*¤¤##
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##¤¤*\--.. amplified by your mind. try not to be ..--\*¤¤##
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¤¤*\--.... and objects around you, and you can ....--\*¤¤
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