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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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.......... ..........
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:......... MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU .........:
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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 ..........
.......... 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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