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,:«*$&@@## THEY BUILT THE FINAL NIGHTCLUB ON TOP ##@@&$*«:,
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,:«*$&@### FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ###@&$*«:,
,:«*$&@@## PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ##@@&$*«:,
,:«*$&@@## CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME ##@@&$*«:,
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,:«*$&@@## THE DEEPER YOU DESCEND, THE STRANGER ##@@&$*«:,
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,:«*$&@@## YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ##@@&$*«:,
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,:«*$&@@## FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ##@@&$*«:,
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,:«*$&@@## MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ##@@&$*«:,
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,:«*$&@@@@ AT THESE DEEPER LEVELS IT CAN BE HARD @@@@&$*«:,
,:«*$&@@## TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE ##@@&$*«:,
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,:«*$&@@@@ ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) @@@@&$*«:,
,:«*$&@@## POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. ##@@&$*«:,
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,:«*$&@@@@ BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE @@@@&$*«:,
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,:«*$&@@@@ CLOSER TO THE CORE, BUT WITH A CHANCE @@@@&$*«:,
,:«*$&@@## OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. ##@@&$*«:,
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,:«*$&@@## $: MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS :$ ##@@&$*«:,
,:«*$@@### &« IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR «& ###@@$*«:,
,::::«$$$@ @* MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND *@ @$$$«::::,
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,:«*$&@@## AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ##@@&$*«:,
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,:«*$&@@## EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ##@@&$*«:,
,:«*$&@@@# COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE #@@@&$*«:,
,,,,:*$&&@ DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT @&&$*:,,,,
,,,:««$&@@ SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. @@&$««:,,,
,,,«*$&@@@ THIS IS ALSO NOT COINCIDENTAL. IF @@@&$*«,,,
,:«*$&&&@@ SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY @@&&&$*«:,
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