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##$=~..... THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. .....~=$##
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###¤$*=~^. DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME .^~=*$¤###
##$$=^.... ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ....^=$$##
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#¤*==~.... CLOSE YOUR EYES. ....~==*¤#
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¤*=^^..... TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE .....^^=*¤
#¤*=~^.... (WERE). NORMAL STAFF IS AS TRANSFORMED ....^~=*¤#
¤$*===^... AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ...^===*$¤
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#¤¤¤$*=~^. BODY THERE, EXPLORE THAT. YOU COULD .^~=*$¤¤¤#
###¤$*=~^. DRINK POISONOUS AMBROSIA AND NOT BE .^~=*$¤###
###¤$*=~^. BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE .^~=*$¤###
#¤$***=~^. TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE .^~=***$¤#
¤$=~^..... CLOSER TO THE CORE, BUT WITH A CHANCE .....^~=$¤
###¤$*=~^. OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. .^~=*$¤###
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¤¤¤$*~.... #* YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. *# ....~*$¤¤¤
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###¤$*=~^. AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET .^~=*$¤###
###¤$*=~^. OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. .^~=*$¤###
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####$*=~^. EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT .^~=*$####
###¤$*=~^. COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE .^~=*$¤###
###¤$*=~^. DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT .^~=*$¤###
#$====^^.. SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. ..^^====$#
¤$*~...... THIS IS ALSO NOT COINCIDENTAL. IF ......~*$¤
#$==~~~... SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY ...~~~==$#
#¤*~^..... LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN .....^~*¤#
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