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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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¨:::~~~* YEARS BEFORE. #&*~~~:::¨
¨:~†*### ####&*†~:¨
¨¨:~~***## THE DEEPER YOU DESCEND, THE STRANGER ##***~~:¨¨
¨:~†*### THE ENVIRONMENT - FIRST MORE ####&*†~:¨
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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 ###&†~~:¨¨
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¨::~~~*& DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT #&&*~~~::¨
¨¨¨::†&& MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU #&&&†::¨¨¨
¨:~†*### CLOSE YOUR EYES. ####&*†~:¨
¨:~†*### ####&*†~:¨
¨:~†*### 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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¨:~†*### 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 :* ####&*†~:¨
¨:~††***## &~ IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR ~& ##***††~:¨
¨:~†*### #† MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND †# ####&*†~:¨
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¨¨¨¨:†&# AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ##&&†:¨¨¨¨
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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 ####&*†~:¨
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