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##¶&¤††-^. FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP .^-††¤&¶##
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&¤†^^..... AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND .....^^†¤&
&†-^...... THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ......^-†&
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&¤¤¤¤††-^. THE CEILING IS COVERED IN ACTUAL STARS. .^-††¤¤¤¤&
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##¶&¤††-^. FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL .^-††¤&¶##
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#&&&¤††-^. DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT .^-††¤&&&#
##¶&¤††-^. 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 .^-††¤&¶##
##¶&¤††-^. CLOSER TO THE CORE, BUT WITH A CHANCE .^-††¤&¶##
##¶&¤††-^. OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. .^-††¤&¶##
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##¶&¤††-^. -- STING, A STING, A STING. -- .^-††¤&¶##
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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 †& .^-†¤&¶###
###&¤††-^. ¶† YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. †¶ .^-††¤&###
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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. .^-††¤&¶##
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