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&...&&&&.& = GIVING, BECAUSE OF COURSE THERE IS = &&&.&..&..
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&&.&.&&.&. VAST STRUCTURE, BUT YOU ARE IN FACT &&.&.&&.&&
.&&&&.&&&. LEAVING ANY SUCH THING AT THE ENTRANCE. .&&&&.&&..
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&..&.&.&&& LEAVING PHYSICAL TETHERS BEHIND, &..&.&&&.&
&.&&&&&... SUBMITTING TO AN INESCAPABLE DARKNESS, &.&&&..&&.
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.&...&&.&. MANIFESTATION OF YOUR MIND, OR A .&.&&&&&..
&&..&.&&&& COLLECTIVE MIND, WITH A SHAPE AND A &&&....&..
.&.&&&.... DIRECTION AND A TASTE. ..&...&&.&
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.&&...&&.. DISTORTED BY THE STONE STRUCTURE, AND ..&&&&&&..
&.&..&.&.. AMPLIFIED BY YOUR MIND. TRY NOT TO BE .&.....&..
&&&.&&&&.. ALARMED, TRY TO REMEMBER THE PERSONS &&....&&.&
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