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¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨ THE ENVIRONMENT - FIRST MORE §§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
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¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
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¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨ 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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§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨ 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. §§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§ §¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨ 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 §§§¨¨¨§¨§§
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§§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨ 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 ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§ OTHER WAYS AS WELL. ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
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