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..&.&..&&. DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT &.&.&..&.&
.&&&&.&.&. MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU &&&&&.&&&&
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&&.&..&.&& TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE .&...&&...
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&..&&..&.. AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION .&.&&&&.&&
&.&.&.&&.& ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) &&&...&&..
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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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&&.&&.&&&& OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. &&&..&.&.&
.&&.&&...& (OR DO) ..&.&&&&&.
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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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