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§§§§§¨¨§§¨ CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME ¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨§
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¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨§ THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. §§§¨¨§¨§¨¨
¨§§¨§§§§§§ YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ¨¨§¨§§§§¨¨
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§¨§¨¨¨§§¨§ TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE §¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
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§¨¨§¨§§§¨§ POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. §§§§¨§¨¨§¨
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¨§¨§§§§§¨§ THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE ¨§§¨§¨§¨¨§
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¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§¨ 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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§¨§§¨¨§¨§§ 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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§¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY §¨§§¨¨§¨§§
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