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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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##¤%=;~,¨¨ THE ENVIRONMENT - FIRST MORE ¨¨,~;=%¤##
#¤%=;~,¨¨¨ 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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#¤%=;~,¨¨¨ EYES ABOVE ¨¨¨,~;=%¤#
¤%=;~,¨¨¨¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¨¨¨¨,~;=%¤
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#¤%=;~,¨¨¨ 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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###¤%=;~,¨ 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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##¤%=;~,¨¨ ~~ STING, A STING, A STING. ~~ ¨¨,~;=%¤##
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#¤%=;~,¨¨¨ %~ IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR ~% ¨¨¨,~;=%¤#
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###¤%=;~,¨ AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ¨,~;=%¤###
##¤%=;~,¨¨ OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ¨¨,~;=%¤##
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###¤%=;~,¨ COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE ¨,~;=%¤###
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#¤%=;~,¨¨¨ SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. ¨¨¨,~;=%¤#
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#¤%=;~,¨¨¨ SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY ¨¨¨,~;=%¤#
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###¤%=;~,¨ OTHER WAYS AS WELL. ¨,~;=%¤###
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