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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, #¶@&**:...
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..:**&@¶## world rose from. it's the water you ##¶@&**:..
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