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@======-:, FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ,:-======@
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##@@&==-:, THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ,:-==&@@##
#@@@&==-:, YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ,:-==&@@@#
@=--:,,,,, DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ,,,,,:--=@
@&=----:,, ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ,,:----=&@
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@@&&===-:, FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ,:-===&&@@
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###@@&=-:, MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ,:-=&@@###
@@===--:,, CLOSE YOUR EYES. ,,:--===@@
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##@@&==-:, AT THESE DEEPER LEVELS IT CAN BE HARD ,:-==&@@##
@==-::,,,, TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE ,,,,::-==@
#@@@&==-:, (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, ,:-==@@###
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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 ,:-==&@@##
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@@&&&==-:, &- IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR -& ,:-==&&&@@
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#@=-,,,,,, AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ,,,,,,-=@#
@======-:, OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ,:-======@
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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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