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  │     ∿  THE WHISPERING GALLERY  ∿          │
  │    where words travel curved paths         │
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The Acoustic Crypt

A vaulted underground chamber where even the softest whisper multiplies into overlapping echoes from every direction.

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The Whisper's Journey

You whisper:
    "hello there"

As it leaves your lips...
    "hello there"

Traveling along the curve...
    "hello hello there there"

Reaching the far side...
    "hello hello hello there there there"

What arrives:
    "hello... hello... hello... there... there... there..."
Underground vaults with their low ceilings and hard stone surfaces create intense reverberation. Every sound bounces between floor, ceiling, and walls, multiplying itself until the space fills with overlapping echoes.

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