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..~-:$$¤## THE ENVIRONMENT - FIRST MORE ##¤$$:-~..
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....~-:$$¤ AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND ¤$$:-~....
.....~-:$$ THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. $$:-~.....
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....~-:$$¤ TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE ¤$$:-~....
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.....~-:$$ THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE $$:-~.....
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.....~-:$$ BODY THERE, EXPLORE THAT. YOU COULD $$:-~.....
....~-:$$¤ DRINK POISONOUS AMBROSIA AND NOT BE ¤$$:-~....
...~-:$$¤# BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE #¤$$:-~...
..~-:$$¤## TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE ##¤$$:-~..
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.....~-:$$ THE DEEPER THE FLOOR GOES, THE MORE $$:-~.....
....~-:$$¤ EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ¤$$:-~....
...~-:$$¤# COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE #¤$$:-~...
..~-:$$¤## DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ##¤$$:-~..
.~-:$$¤### SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. ###¤$$:-~.
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...~-:$$¤# SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY #¤$$:-~...
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