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###@$†«-.. classified maps had gone missing some ..-«†$@###
####@$†«-. years before. .-«†$@####
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###@$†«-.. and predatory, but pierce deeper and ..-«†$@###
####@$†«-. there will be more peculiar effects. .-«†$@####
###@$†«-.. your sense of space will seem to ..-«†$@###
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###@$†«-.. the ceiling is covered in actual stars. ..-«†$@###
####@$†«-. eyes above .-«†$@####
###@$†«-.. fading into silver flakes as they fall ..-«†$@###
####@$†«-. bubbles in drinks .-«†$@####
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####@$†«-. drinks with a secret ingredient, that .-«†$@####
###@$†«-.. makes you see the stars even when you ..-«†$@###
####@$†«-. close your eyes. .-«†$@####
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####@$†«-. at these deeper levels it can be hard .-«†$@####
###@$†«-.. to remember who and where you are ..-«†$@###
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###@$†«-.. as guests. instead, care and protection ..-«†$@###
####@$†«-. are offered by (overly flirty) .-«†$@####
###@$†«-.. pool toys and other such automatons. ..-«†$@###
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###@$†«-.. if you stay above absolute madness, ..-«†$@###
####@$†«-. there is some sort of control to be .-«†$@####
###@$†«-.. had. you could slip into your ideal dog ..-«†$@###
####@$†«-. body there, explore that. you could .-«†$@####
###@$†«-.. drink poisonous ambrosia and not be ..-«†$@###
####@$†«-. burned away. you could explore .-«†$@####
###@$†«-.. territories just as mapless as those ..-«†$@###
####@$†«-. closer to the core, but with a chance .-«†$@####
###@$†«-.. of finding your way back. ..-«†$@###
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###@$†«-.. out. don't bite the other guests. ..-«†$@###
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###@$†«-.. expensive the drinks. this is not ..-«†$@###
####@$†«-. coincidental. the more expensive the .-«†$@####
###@$†«-.. drinks, the more likely it is that ..-«†$@###
####@$†«-. someone will buy them for you. .-«†$@####
###@$†«-.. this is also not coincidental. if ..-«†$@###
####@$†«-. someone buys you a drink, they are very .-«†$@####
###@$†«-.. likely to take care of your needs in ..-«†$@###
####@$†«-. other ways as well. .-«†$@####
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