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###¤§;=~.. feel as if you are venturing into some ..~=;§¤###
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###¤§;=~.. leaving any such thing at the entrance. ..~=;§¤###
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~......... 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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=~........ worth it's name... it's the water the ........~=
;=~....... world rose from. it's the water you .......~=;
§;=~...... drown in, in your dreams. ......~=;§
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#¤§;=~.... the only sounds in the cave are those ....~=;§¤#
##¤§;=~... that you make yourselves. they may be ...~=;§¤##
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