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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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.^~*****§# leaving physical tethers behind, #§*****~^.
.^~**§¤### submitting to an inescapable darkness, ###¤§**~^.
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.^~**§¤### direction and a taste. ###¤§**~^.
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.^~*****¤¤ world rose from. it's the water you ¤¤*****~^.
.^~*§¤#### drown in, in your dreams. ####¤§*~^.
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.^~**§¤### 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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