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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, ......^~\†
\~^....... the world around you becomes more of a .......^~\
~^........ manifestation of your mind, or a ........^~
^......... collective mind, with a shape and a .........^
.......... direction and a taste. ..........
^......... .........^
~^........ inescapeable darkness, because if you ........^~
\~^....... bring a candle or mount electrical .......^~\
†\~^...... lights, the walls only serves as ......^~\†
$†\~^..... markers to where the tiny spatial .....^~\†$
&$†\~^.... existence ends and the darkness beneath ....^~\†$&
@&$†\~^... it begins. ...^~\†$&@
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^......... worth it's name... it's the water the .........^
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^......... drown in, in your dreams. .........^
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\~^....... the only sounds in the cave are those .......^~\
†\~^...... that you make yourselves. they may be ......^~\†
$†\~^..... distorted by the stone structure, and .....^~\†$
&$†\~^.... amplified by your mind. try not to be ....^~\†$&
@&$†\~^... alarmed, try to remember the persons ...^~\†$&@
@@&$†\~^.. and objects around you, and you can ..^~\†$&@@
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