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#@$$$*;=~, YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ,~=;*$$$@#
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###$;;;=~, MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ,~=;;;$###
##@#$*;=~, CLOSE YOUR EYES. ,~=;*$#@##
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##@#$*;=~, AT THESE DEEPER LEVELS IT CAN BE HARD ,~=;*$#@##
##@#$*;=~, TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE ,~=;*$#@##
##@#$*;=~, (WERE). NORMAL STAFF IS AS TRANSFORMED ,~=;*$#@##
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##@#$*;=~, OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. ,~=;*$#@##
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####$*;=~, OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ,~=;*$####
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