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#@@#¤$\=,¨ OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ¨,=\$¤#@@#
##@#¤$\=,¨ FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ¨,=\$¤#@##
@@@#¤$\=,¨ PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ¨,=\$¤#@@@
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##@#¤$\=,¨ YEARS BEFORE. ¨,=\$¤#@##
#¤\=,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,=\¤#
#@@#¤$\=,¨ THE DEEPER YOU DESCEND, THE STRANGER ¨,=\$¤#@@#
#@@#¤$\=,¨ THE ENVIRONMENT - FIRST MORE ¨,=\$¤#@@#
#@@#¤$\=,¨ ENTHRALLING AND INTRUSIVE, THEN SEEDY ¨,=\$¤#@@#
@@@#¤$\=,¨ AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND ¨,=\$¤#@@@
#$==¨¨¨¨¨¨ THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ¨¨¨¨¨¨==$#
##@#¤$\=,¨ YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ¨,=\$¤#@##
#@@#¤$\=,¨ DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ¨,=\$¤#@@#
#@@#¤$\=,¨ ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ¨,=\$¤#@@#
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@@¤¤\\,¨¨¨ EYES ABOVE ¨¨¨,\\¤¤@@
@#¤$$=,¨¨¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¨¨¨,=$$¤#@
##$$\,¨¨¨¨ BUBBLES IN DRINKS ¨¨¨¨,\$$##
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##@#¤$\=,¨ DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ¨,=\$¤#@##
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##@#¤$\=,¨ CLOSE YOUR EYES. ¨,=\$¤#@##
#¤\==¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨==\¤#
#¤$\,¨¨¨¨¨ AT THESE DEEPER LEVELS IT CAN BE HARD ¨¨¨¨¨,\$¤#
@¤$$\\,¨¨¨ TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE ¨¨¨,\\$$¤@
#$==,¨¨¨¨¨ (WERE). NORMAL STAFF IS AS TRANSFORMED ¨¨¨¨¨,==$#
#@@#¤$\=,¨ AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ¨,=\$¤#@@#
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@###¤$\=,¨ POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. ¨,=\$¤###@
@¤¤$\==,¨¨ ¨¨,==\$¤¤@
@@@#¤$\=,¨ 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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##@#¤$\=,¨ $, MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS ,$ ¨,=\$¤#@##
#$\,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¤= IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR =¤ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,\$#
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##@#¤$\=,¨ AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ¨,=\$¤#@##
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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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