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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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&&&.....&. AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND &.&&&&.&.&
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&.&..&&&.& DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME &&.&&..&&.
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&&...&..&& BUBBLES IN DRINKS .&.&..&..&
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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 &&&....&..
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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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&&....&&&& 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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.&.&&&&&&. -- THE HONEY IS A TRAP AND THERE'S A -- &..&.&..&&
&&&.....&. «« STING, A STING, A STING. «« &.&&&&.&.&
..&....&&. ;. IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR .; &&...&&&&.
.&&...&.&& ^- MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS -^ .&..&...&.
&.&..&&&.& @« IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR «@ &&.&&..&&.
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..&&&.&.&. @^ YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. ^@ &.&&&&&&..
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&&.&....&& AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET .&....&&..
.&&&...&.. 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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