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@@@$†«,,,, YEARS BEFORE. ,,,,«†$@@@
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#@$««:,,,, THE DEEPER YOU DESCEND, THE STRANGER ,,,,:««$@#
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###@@$†«:, THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ,:«†$@@###
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###@@$†«:, THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. ,:«†$@@###
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#@$««:,,,, FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ,,,,:««$@#
###@@$†«:, BUBBLES IN DRINKS ,:«†$@@###
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#@$†:,,,,, DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ,,,,,:†$@#
##@†:,,,,, MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ,,,,,:†@##
###@@$†«:, CLOSE YOUR EYES. ,:«†$@@###
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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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###@@$†«:, IF YOU STAY ABOVE ABSOLUTE MADNESS, ,:«†$@@###
###@@$†«:, THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE ,:«†$@@###
###@@$†«:, HAD. YOU COULD SLIP INTO YOUR IDEAL DOG ,:«†$@@###
@@@@†«::,, 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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###@@$†«:, :: THE HONEY IS A TRAP AND THERE'S A :: ,:«†$@@###
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###@@$†«:, $: MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS :$ ,:«†$@@###
###@@$†«:, @« IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR «@ ,:«†$@@###
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@@@@@$†«:, AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ,:«†$@@@@@
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###@@$†«:, EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ,:«†$@@###
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#@†::,,,,, DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ,,,,,::†@#
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###@@$†«:, 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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