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####$$:~,. FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP .,~:$$####
###$$:~,.. PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ..,~:$$###
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###$$:~,.. ENTHRALLING AND INTRUSIVE, THEN SEEDY ..,~:$$###
####$$:~,. AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND .,~:$$####
###$$:~,.. THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ..,~:$$###
##$$:~,... YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ...,~:$$##
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##$$:~,... AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ...,~:$$##
###$$:~,.. ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) ..,~:$$###
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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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##$$:~,... OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. ...,~:$$##
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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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