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@£&£%/~,¨¨ drinks with a secret ingredient, that ¨¨,~/%£&£@
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@£&£%/~,¨¨ close your eyes. ¨¨,~/%£&£@
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%/~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ (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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£%/~,¨¨¨¨¨ 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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£&£%/~,¨¨¨ expensive the drinks. this is not ¨¨¨,~/%£&£
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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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