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,,#,,#,,,# and predatory, but pierce deeper and #,##,,,,,#
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#,,,,,#,,# eyes above ##,,,###,,
,#,,,,,#,, fading into silver flakes as they fall ###,,#,##,
,,#,,,,,#, bubbles in drinks #,##,,,###
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,,,###,,#, at these deeper levels it can be hard ,###,,#,##
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##,,,###,, (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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#,,#,,#,,, †, it's in your eyes and it's in your ,† ,,###,,,,,
,#,,#,,#,, *, mouth and your hands, their hands ,* ,,#,##,,,,
,,#,,#,,#, %- it's in your heart and in your -% #,,,###,,,
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##,,,,,#,, out. don't bite the other guests. ,,,###,,#,
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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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