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&.&&....&. BUBBLES IN DRINKS ...&&&....
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.&&.....&& TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE &&&......&
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.&.&&..... AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ..&&&.....
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&......&.& 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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&...&..... 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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