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...&&&.... vast structure, but you are in fact ...&..&.&&
&..&.&&... leaving any such thing at the entrance. ....&...&&
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..&&&..&.& the world around you becomes more of a .&......&.
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&...&&&..& collective mind, with a shape and a ...&......
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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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