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###==**~^, BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! ,^~**==###
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#@##%=*~^, CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL ,^~*=%##@#
####%=*~^, YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ,^~*=%####
@@%=*^^,,, A BUILDING. IT'S MADE OF SLABBY STONE, ,,,^^*=%@@
@#=***^^^, WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ,^^^***=#@
@@@#%=*~^, LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ,^~*=%#@@@
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