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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 &&.&&&&...
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&&&&....&. direction and a taste. .&.&&&.&.&
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&.&.&&&&&. lights, the walls only serves as &.&&&...&.
&&&&&....& markers to where the tiny spatial &&&..&..&&
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&&&..&&..& drown in, in your dreams. &&.&&.&.&&
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&&&&.&.... amplified by your mind. try not to be .&&&.&..&&
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