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&...&&&..& AT THESE DEEPER LEVELS IT CAN BE HARD ..&&&..&.&
&&..&.&&.. TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE ..&.&&...&
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.&.&&...&& ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) &&....&&&.
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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 EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR .= ...&......
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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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