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&.&.&.&.&. FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP &.&&.&.&..
&.&.&.&.&. PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? &..&.&.&.&
&.&.&.&.&. CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME &.&&.&.&..
&.&.&.&.&. YEARS BEFORE. &..&.&.&.&
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&.&.&.&.&. ENTHRALLING AND INTRUSIVE, THEN SEEDY &..&.&.&.&
&.&.&.&.&. AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND &.&&.&.&..
&.&.&.&.&. THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. &..&.&.&.&
&.&.&.&.&. YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO &.&&.&.&..
&.&.&.&.&. DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME &..&.&.&.&
&.&.&.&.&. ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN &.&&.&.&..
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&.&.&.&.&. THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. &.&&.&.&..
&.&.&.&.&. 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) &..&.&.&.&
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&.&.&.&.&. 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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&.&.&.&.&. §: 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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&.&.&.&.&. 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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