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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 ¨§§¨¨¨§¨§§
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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) ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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¨§§¨¨¨§¨§§ EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT §¨¨§¨§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨§§ COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE §§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§¨ DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT §§§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. §¨§§¨¨¨§§§
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§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨ SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨§¨§§¨ LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
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