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###@$=:~., FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ,.~:=$@###
#@#@$=:~., PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ,.~:=$@#@#
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###@$=:~., MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ,.~:=$@###
#@#@$=:~., CLOSE YOUR EYES. ,.~:=$@#@#
#@#@$=:~., ,.~:=$@#@#
#@#@$=:~., AT THESE DEEPER LEVELS IT CAN BE HARD ,.~:=$@#@#
#@#@$=:~., TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE ,.~:=$@#@#
@@====:~., (WERE). NORMAL STAFF IS AS TRANSFORMED ,.~:====@@
##@#$=:~., AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ,.~:=$#@##
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@@=~,,,,,, POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. ,,,,,,~=@@
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##@#$=:~., BODY THERE, EXPLORE THAT. YOU COULD ,.~:=$#@##
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@##@$=:~., BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE ,.~:=$@##@
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#@#@$=:~., @: MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND :@ ,.~:=$@#@#
#@===~,,,, #= YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. =# ,,,,~===@#
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#@#@$=:~., AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ,.~:=$@#@#
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###@$=:~., COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE ,.~:=$@###
###@$=:~., DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ,.~:=$@###
#@$$=~~~., SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. ,.~~~=$$@#
##@#@$=:., THIS IS ALSO NOT COINCIDENTAL. IF ,.:=$@#@##
##$=~~.,,, SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY ,,,.~~=$##
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