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#@£@$^:-.¨ drinks with a secret ingredient, that ¨.-:^$@£@#
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#@£@$^:-.¨ close your eyes. ¨.-:^$@£@#
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##@£@$:-.¨ there is some sort of control to be ¨.-:$@£@##
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£$:-.¨¨¨¨¨ body there, explore that. you could ¨¨¨¨¨.-:$£
#@£@$^:-.¨ drink poisonous ambrosia and not be ¨.-:^$@£@#
#@£@$^:-.¨ burned away. you could explore ¨.-:^$@£@#
##@£@^:-.¨ territories just as mapless as those ¨.-:^@£@##
#@£@$^:-.¨ closer to the core, but with a chance ¨.-:^$@£@#
@@£@$^:-.¨ of finding your way back. ¨.-:^$@£@@
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#@£@$^:-.¨ drinks, the more likely it is that ¨.-:^$@£@#
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