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..###....# A THOUSAND ROBOTIC LEGS TO ANOTHER .....#..#.
..#.##.... (SECRET) PART OF TOWN, OR PERHAPS OUT ......#..#
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.#..#.##.. VISCIOUS PHASE OF THE TAINARON ........#.
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..#..#..#. EVENING ARE TREATED TO FOOD AND DRINK, .#........
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....#..#.. COMFORTABLE BUT MAZE-LIKE INTERIOR #..#......
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..#.##...# IT'S AT THIS POINT THAT THE SECOND SET ..#....###
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