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#@¶¤%==-,, FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ,,-==%¤¶@#
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¤%=----,,, DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ,,,----=%¤
¤¤¤¤%==-,, MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ,,-==%¤¤¤¤
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@¤%%=,,,,, AT THESE DEEPER LEVELS IT CAN BE HARD ,,,,,=%%¤@
##¶¤%==-,, TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE ,,-==%¤¶##
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#@¶¤%==-,, ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) ,,-==%¤¶@#
#@¶¤%==-,, POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. ,,-==%¤¶@#
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@¶¶¤%==-,, 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 ,,-==%¤¶@#
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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 =¤ ,,-==%¤¶@#
#@¶¤%==-,, ¶= YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. =¶ ,,-==%¤¶@#
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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 ,,,,-====¤
¤%====--,, SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY ,,--====%¤
@@¶¤%==-,, LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN ,,-==%¤¶@@
#@¶¤%==-,, OTHER WAYS AS WELL. ,,-==%¤¶@#
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