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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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#@#£%$^~~¨ at these deeper levels it can be hard ¨~~^$%£#@#
#£$^~¨¨¨¨¨ to remember who and where you are ¨¨¨¨¨~^$£#
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@@#£%$^~~¨ as guests. instead, care and protection ¨~~^$%£#@@
##@#£%^~~¨ are offered by (overly flirty) ¨~~^%£#@##
#@#£%$^~~¨ pool toys and other such automatons. ¨~~^$%£#@#
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#@#£%$^~~¨ there is some sort of control to be ¨~~^$%£#@#
###£%$^~~¨ had. you could slip into your ideal dog ¨~~^$%£###
££%%$~~¨¨¨ body there, explore that. you could ¨¨¨~~$%%££
@#£$^^~~~¨ drink poisonous ambrosia and not be ¨~~~^^$£#@
#@#£%$^~~¨ burned away. you could explore ¨~~^$%£#@#
##@#£$^~~¨ territories just as mapless as those ¨~~^$£#@##
##@#%$^~~¨ closer to the core, but with a chance ¨~~^$%#@##
#%%$~~~~¨¨ of finding your way back. ¨¨~~~~$%%#
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£$$^^^~~¨¨ %~ it's in your heart and in your ~% ¨¨~~^^^$$£
#@#£%$^~~¨ £^ mind and the minds of those around ^£ ¨~~^$%£#@#
#@#£%$^~~¨ #$ you, their hearts, their bodies. $# ¨~~^$%£#@#
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#@#£%$^~~¨ expensive the drinks. this is not ¨~~^$%£#@#
#@#£%$^~~¨ coincidental. the more expensive the ¨~~^$%£#@#
££%%$$^~~¨ drinks, the more likely it is that ¨~~^$$%%££
#@#£%$^~~¨ someone will buy them for you. ¨~~^$%£#@#
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£$~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ someone buys you a drink, they are very ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~$£
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