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##¶#@=;~,, OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ,,~;=@#¶##
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¶¶¶#@=;~,, PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ,,~;=@#¶¶¶
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##¶#@=;~,, AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND ,,~;=@#¶##
¶#@=~,,,,, THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ,,,,,~=@#¶
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¶¶¶#@=;~,, EYES ABOVE ,,~;=@#¶¶¶
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¶¶#=;,,,,, BUBBLES IN DRINKS ,,,,,;=#¶¶
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##¶#@=;~,, DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ,,~;=@#¶##
##@;;,,,,, 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 ,,~;=====#
##¶#@=;~,, (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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##¶#@=;~,, IF YOU STAY ABOVE ABSOLUTE MADNESS, ,,~;=@#¶##
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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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####@=;~,, ,, THE HONEY IS A TRAP AND THERE'S A ,, ,,~;=@####
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##¶#@=;~,, ;, IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ,; ,,~;=@#¶##
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¶##@@=;~,, @~ 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 ,,,,,;@@#¶
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###¶#=;~,, EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ,,~;=#¶###
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##@;;,,,,, 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 ,,~;;=@#¶¶
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