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###@%§:«:¨ FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ¨:«:§%@###
#@@%%§:«:¨ PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ¨:«:§%%@@#
@§§:::::¨¨ CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME ¨¨:::::§§@
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###@%§:«:¨ ENTHRALLING AND INTRUSIVE, THEN SEEDY ¨:«:§%@###
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###@%§:«:¨ EYES ABOVE ¨:«:§%@###
#@§:«:¨¨¨¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¨¨¨¨:«:§@#
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###@%§:«:¨ DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ¨:«:§%@###
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##@%:::¨¨¨ AT THESE DEEPER LEVELS IT CAN BE HARD ¨¨¨:::%@##
#@§«:¨¨¨¨¨ 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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#%%:«¨¨¨¨¨ EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ¨¨¨¨¨«:%%#
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