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&.&&&..&&& FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP &.......&.
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&&&...&&.& YEARS BEFORE. &....&&...
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&.......&. THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. .&&&..&&.&
&......&&. YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO &..&.&.&&.
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&....&&&.& ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN &&....&&..
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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 .&.&&..&..
&.&.&&.... (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 .% &..&.&.&&.
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&...&..&&& ¶% YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. %¶ .&...&.&.&
&..&&.&..& #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ #¤ &&..&&&&&.
&.&.&&&.&. AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET .&.&....&&
&&&&..&&&. OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. &&&&...&..
...&.&..&& (OR DO) ...&..&&.&
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.&...&&&&& THE DEEPER THE FLOOR GOES, THE MORE .&.&&&&..&
&&..&....& 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 &&&&&.&.&.
&...&..&&. OTHER WAYS AS WELL. ....&&&&&.
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