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¨~=:^@¤@## OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ##@¤@^:=~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=^¤@ FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP @¤^=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~=:^@¤@## PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ##@¤@^:=~¨
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¨~=:^@¤@## THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ##@¤@^:=~¨
¨~=:^@¤@## YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ##@¤@^:=~¨
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¨~=:^@¤¤@@ EYES ABOVE @@¤¤@^:=~¨
¨~=:^@¤@@@ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL @@@¤@^:=~¨
¨~=:^@@### BUBBLES IN DRINKS ###@@^:=~¨
¨~=:^@¤@## ##@¤@^:=~¨
¨~=:^@¤@## DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ##@¤@^:=~¨
¨~=:^@¤@## MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ##@¤@^:=~¨
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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 ##@¤@^:=~¨
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¨~=:^@@@¤# POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. #¤@@@^:=~¨
¨~=:^@¤@## ##@¤@^:=~¨
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¨~=:^@¤@## THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE ##@¤@^:=~¨
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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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