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#@¶&@^/«:¨ THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ¨:«/^@&¶@#
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@&&@///«:¨ EYES ABOVE ¨:«///@&&@
¶¶&@@^/«:¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¨:«/^@@&¶¶
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##@&@^/«:¨ DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ¨:«/^@&@##
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@¶&&@^/«:¨ CLOSE YOUR EYES. ¨:«/^@&&¶@
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#@¶&@^/«:¨ 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. ¨:«/^@&¶@#
#@¶&@^/«:¨ ¨:«/^@&¶@#
@¶&&@^/«:¨ 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 ¨:«/^@&¶@#
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#@¶&@^/«:¨ ^: MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS :^ ¨:«/^@&¶@#
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¶¶&&@^/«:¨ &/ MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND /& ¨:«/^@&&¶¶
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#@¶&@^/«:¨ AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ¨:«/^@&¶@#
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¶¶¶&@^/«:¨ 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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