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##@#&%:-:, TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ,:-:%@##
##@#&%:-:, THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN ,:-:%@##
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##@#&%:-:, INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ,:-:%@##
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####&%:-:, YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ,:-:%###
##@#&%:-:, BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! ,:-:%@##
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####&%:-:, YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ,:-:%###
##@#&%:-:, A BUILDING. IT'S MADE OF SLABBY STONE, ,:-:%@##
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##@#&%:-:, LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ,:-:%@##
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