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.......... feel as  if you  are venturing into some ..........
.........~ vast  structure,  but  you  are in  fact ~.........
........~« leaving any  such thing at the entrance. «~........
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....~«†=%@ bring  a  candle  or   mount  electrical @%=†«~....
.....~«†=% lights,  the   walls   only   serves  as %=†«~.....
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.......~«† existence ends and the  darkness beneath †«~.......
........~«                it begins.                «~........
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.......... like an  inverted mandelbrot,  the  real ..........
.......... cave is actually not  the  pockets,  but ..........
.......... the  black around  them.  keep  that  in ..........
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....~«†=%@ worth it's  name... it's  the  water the @%=†«~....
...~«†=%@# world  rose  from.  it's  the  water you #@%=†«~...
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...~«†=%@# that  you make yourselves. they  may  be #@%=†«~...
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......~«†= alarmed, try  to  remember  the  persons =†«~......
.......~«† and  objects around  you,  and  you  can †«~.......
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