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¨§§§¨¨¨§§¨ FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ¨§§§§¨§¨§¨
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§¨§§¨§§§¨¨ CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME §¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨§§¨¨§¨§ YEARS BEFORE. §¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨
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§§¨¨¨§¨¨§§ THE ENVIRONMENT - FIRST MORE §¨¨§§§§¨¨¨
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¨§§§§¨¨¨§§ THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ¨¨§¨§¨§§¨¨
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§§§§¨§¨§§¨ EYES ABOVE §¨§¨¨§§¨§¨
¨¨¨§§§§¨§¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL §§§¨§¨§§§§
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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 ¨§§§¨§¨¨§¨
§¨¨§§§¨§§§ AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION §¨¨§§§¨§§§
§¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨ ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) §¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨
§§§¨§¨§¨¨§ 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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¨§§§§¨¨¨§§ †¨ IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ¨† ¨¨§¨§¨§§¨¨
§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨ †. MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS .† ¨§§§§§¨§¨¨
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§¨§¨§§¨§¨¨ §† MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND †§ §¨¨¨§¨¨§§¨
§§§§¨§§§¨§ @† YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. †@ §¨¨§§¨§¨§§
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¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨¨ AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET §§§§¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§§§§§§¨¨¨ OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ¨¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨
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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 ¨¨§§§§§¨§§
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