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¤$^^-:¨¨¨¨ enthralling and intrusive, then seedy ¨¨¨¨:-^^$¤
$^^-:¨¨¨¨¨ and predatory, but pierce deeper and ¨¨¨¨¨:-^^$
^^-:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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¤$^^-:¨¨¨¨ eyes above ¨¨¨¨:-^^$¤
$^^-:¨¨¨¨¨ fading into silver flakes as they fall ¨¨¨¨¨:-^^$
^^-:¨¨¨¨¨¨ bubbles in drinks ¨¨¨¨¨¨:-^^
^-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-^
^^-:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-^
^^-:¨¨¨¨¨¨ there is some sort of control to be ¨¨¨¨¨¨:-^^
$^^-:¨¨¨¨¨ had. you could slip into your ideal dog ¨¨¨¨¨:-^^$
¤$^^-:¨¨¨¨ body there, explore that. you could ¨¨¨¨:-^^$¤
¶¤$^^-:¨¨¨ drink poisonous ambrosia and not be ¨¨¨:-^^$¤¶
#¶¤$^^-:¨¨ burned away. you could explore ¨¨:-^^$¤¶#
##¶¤$^^-:¨ territories just as mapless as those ¨:-^^$¤¶##
#¶¤$^^-:¨¨ closer to the core, but with a chance ¨¨:-^^$¤¶#
¶¤$^^-:¨¨¨ of finding your way back. ¨¨¨:-^^$¤¶
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^^-:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ^¨ it's in your eyes and it's in your ¨^ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:-^^
$^^-:¨¨¨¨¨ ^: mouth and your hands, their hands :^ ¨¨¨¨¨:-^^$
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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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#¶¤$^^-:¨¨ other ways as well. ¨¨:-^^$¤¶#
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