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#@@£%$/-~. prototype. did they know at the start? .~-/$%£@@#
#@@£%$/-~. classified maps had gone missing some .~-/$%£@@#
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@%$-...... and predatory, but pierce deeper and ......-$%@
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##@@£%/-~. eyes above .~-/%£@@##
#@@£%$/-~. fading into silver flakes as they fall .~-/$%£@@#
#@@£%$/-~. bubbles in drinks .~-/$%£@@#
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#@@£%$/-~. drinks with a secret ingredient, that .~-/$%£@@#
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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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#@@£%$/-~. if you stay above absolute madness, .~-/$%£@@#
@@@£%$/-~. there is some sort of control to be .~-/$%£@@@
#@@£%$/-~. had. you could slip into your ideal dog .~-/$%£@@#
@@@£%$/-~. body there, explore that. you could .~-/$%£@@@
##@£%$/-~. drink poisonous ambrosia and not be .~-/$%£@##
##@£%$/-~. burned away. you could explore .~-/$%£@##
@@£%$-.... territories just as mapless as those ....-$%£@@
#@@£%$/-~. closer to the core, but with a chance .~-/$%£@@#
££$$///-~. of finding your way back. .~-///$$££
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##@@£%/-~. ~~ the honey is a trap and there's a ~~ .~-/%£@@##
#@@£%$/-~. -- sting, a sting, a sting. -- .~-/$%£@@#
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@£$$$$/-~. %- it's in your heart and in your -% .~-/$$$$£@
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#@@£%$/-~. @$ you, their hearts, their bodies. $@ .~-/$%£@@#
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#@@£%$/-~. (or do) .~-/$%£@@#
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##@£%$/-~. the deeper the floor goes, the more .~-/$%£@##
£$//--.... expensive the drinks. this is not ....--//$£
£$$-...... coincidental. the more expensive the ......-$$£
@£%$///-~. drinks, the more likely it is that .~-///$%£@
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£$/~...... this is also not coincidental. if ......~/$£
##@£%$/-~. someone buys you a drink, they are very .~-/$%£@##
#@@£%$/-~. likely to take care of your needs in .~-/$%£@@#
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