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,,,,~††*¶¶ OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ¶¶*††~,,,,
,,,,,,.;*§ FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP §*;.,,,,,,
,.~;†*§¶## PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ##¶§*†;~.,
,.~;†*§¶## CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME ##¶§*†;~.,
,.~;†*§¶## YEARS BEFORE. ##¶§*†;~.,
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,.~;†*§¶## THE DEEPER YOU DESCEND, THE STRANGER ##¶§*†;~.,
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,.~;†*§¶## THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ##¶§*†;~.,
,.~;†*§¶## YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ##¶§*†;~.,
,.~;†*§¶## DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ##¶§*†;~.,
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,,,..;*§¶# EYES ABOVE #¶§*;..,,,
,.~;†*§¶## 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 ¶§§†~~,,,,
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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 ¶§*;~....,
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,.~;†*§¶## TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE ##¶§*†;~.,
,.~;†*§§§§ CLOSER TO THE CORE, BUT WITH A CHANCE §§§§*†;~.,
,.~;†*§¶## OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. ##¶§*†;~.,
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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 ;§ ##¶§*†;~.,
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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 ###§*†;~.,
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,.~;†*§¶## LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN ##¶§*†;~.,
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