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##@¤%**»:¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¨:»**%¤@##
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##@¤%**»:¨ DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ¨:»**%¤@##
##@¤%**»:¨ MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ¨:»**%¤@##
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##@¤%**»:¨ (WERE). NORMAL STAFF IS AS TRANSFORMED ¨:»**%¤@##
##@¤%**»:¨ AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ¨:»**%¤@##
##@¤%**»:¨ ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) ¨:»**%¤@##
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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 ¨¨¨¨:»»**¤
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#¤%%%**»:¨ OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. ¨:»**%%%¤#
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##@¤%**»:¨ :: THE HONEY IS A TRAP AND THERE'S A :: ¨:»**%¤@##
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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 »% ¨:»**%¤@##
###@¤**»:¨ ¤* MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND *¤ ¨:»**¤@###
##@¤%**»:¨ @* YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. *@ ¨:»**%¤@##
##@¤%**»:¨ #% #% #% #% #% #% #% #% #% #% #% ¨:»**%¤@##
###@¤%**:¨ 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 ¨:»**%¤@##
##@¤%**»:¨ OTHER WAYS AS WELL. ¨:»**%¤@##
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