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,,,,,,,,,, AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND ,,,,,,,,,,
.,,,,,,,,, THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ,,,,,,,,,.
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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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^/~.,,,,,, 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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@#¤^/~.,,, 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 ,,,,,,,,,.
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/~.,,,,,,, /, 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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¤^/~.,,,,, THE DEEPER THE FLOOR GOES, THE MORE ,,,,,.~/^¤
^/~.,,,,,, 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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