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~,,,,,,,,, OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ,,,,,,,,,~
,,,,,,,,,, FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME ,,,,,,,,,,
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~,,,,,,,,, EYES ABOVE ,,,,,,,,,~
,,,,,,,,,, FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, BUBBLES IN DRINKS ,,,,,,,,,,
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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 ,,,,,,,~==
$==~,,,,,, TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE ,,,,,,~==$
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#%$==~,,,, AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ,,,,~==$%#
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#%$==~,,,, HAD. YOU COULD SLIP INTO YOUR IDEAL DOG ,,,,~==$%#
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==~,,,,,,, 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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,,,,,,,,,, ~~ THE HONEY IS A TRAP AND THERE'S A ~~ ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, == STING, A STING, A STING. == ,,,,,,,,,,
~,,,,,,,,, =, IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ,= ,,,,,,,,,~
=~,,,,,,,, $~ MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS ~$ ,,,,,,,,~=
==~,,,,,,, %= IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR =% ,,,,,,,~==
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#%$==~,,,, EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ,,,,~==$%#
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$==~,,,,,, DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ,,,,,,~==$
==~,,,,,,, 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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