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¨§§¨¨§§§¨§ THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. §§§§¨§§¨§§
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¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨ THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE §§¨§§¨§¨§§
¨¨§§¨¨§§¨¨ HAD. YOU COULD SLIP INTO YOUR IDEAL DOG ¨§§¨§§§§¨§
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§§§§§§§§¨¨ 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 ¨§§§¨§¨§¨¨
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