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########## FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ##########
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########## MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ##########
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########## AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ##########
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########## 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 ~% ##########
########## %» IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR »% ##########
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########## £% YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. %£ ##########
########## @% @% @% @% @% @% @% @% @% @% @% ##########
########## 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 ##########
########## OTHER WAYS AS WELL. ##########
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