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¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨ AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND §¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨ THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. §§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
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¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨ TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨§§§¨¨§ (WERE). NORMAL STAFF IS AS TRANSFORMED §¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨ AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION §§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
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§¨§§¨¨§¨§§ 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 §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨§¨¨ 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 §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
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