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§¨¨§§¨§¨¨§ THE DEEPER YOU DESCEND, THE STRANGER ¨¨¨§§¨¨§§§
§¨§¨§§§¨§¨ THE ENVIRONMENT - FIRST MORE ¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨¨
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¨¨§§§§¨¨¨¨ THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. §¨¨¨¨§§§§¨
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§§¨§§¨¨§¨§ EYES ABOVE §§¨¨¨§¨¨§§
¨§§¨§¨§§§¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¨§¨¨§§¨§¨¨
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§§¨§¨¨¨§¨§ MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU §¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
¨§§§¨¨§§§§ CLOSE YOUR EYES. §¨§¨¨§¨§§§
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§§¨¨¨§¨§§§ TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE ¨§¨§¨§§§§§
¨§¨¨§§§¨¨¨ (WERE). NORMAL STAFF IS AS TRANSFORMED §§§§§¨¨¨¨¨
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¨§§§¨§§¨¨§ ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) ¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨§§¨§¨§¨ POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. ¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§§
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§§§§¨¨¨¨§¨ IF YOU STAY ABOVE ABSOLUTE MADNESS, §¨¨¨§¨§§¨§
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨ THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE §¨¨§§§¨§§¨
¨¨§§¨¨§¨§¨ HAD. YOU COULD SLIP INTO YOUR IDEAL DOG §¨§¨¨§§¨§¨
¨§¨§¨§§§§¨ BODY THERE, EXPLORE THAT. YOU COULD §§§¨§¨§§§¨
§§§§§¨¨¨§§ DRINK POISONOUS AMBROSIA AND NOT BE ¨¨§§§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨ BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE ¨§¨¨¨§¨§§§
¨¨¨§§¨§§¨§ TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE §§¨¨§§§¨¨§
¨¨§¨§§¨§§§ CLOSER TO THE CORE, BUT WITH A CHANCE ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§§
¨§§§¨§§¨¨¨ OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. §§§§¨§§§¨§
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¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§ $: MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS :$ §¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
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¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨ §; MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND ;§ §¨§¨§¨§¨§§
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¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨¨ AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§§§§¨¨ OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ¨¨¨¨¨§§§§¨
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¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨ THE DEEPER THE FLOOR GOES, THE MORE ¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§§§§§§§¨§¨ EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ¨§§§§§§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨ COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§ DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT §¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨¨ SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. §¨¨¨¨¨§§§§
¨¨¨§¨§§§¨¨ THIS IS ALSO NOT COINCIDENTAL. IF §¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨ SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY §¨¨¨§§¨¨§§
¨§¨¨§¨§§¨§ LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN §¨¨§¨§¨§¨§
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