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¨.-=*&§### prototype. did they know at the start? ###§&*=-.¨
¨.-=*&§### classified maps had gone missing some ###§&*=-.¨
¨¨¨¨¨-*§§§ years before. §§§*-¨¨¨¨¨
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¨.-=*&§### the environment - first more ###§&*=-.¨
¨.-=*&§### enthralling and intrusive, then seedy ###§&*=-.¨
¨.---===&# and predatory, but pierce deeper and #&===---.¨
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¨.-=*&§### your sense of space will seem to ###§&*=-.¨
¨.-=*&§### distort (it's actually the spacetime ###§&*=-.¨
¨.-=*&§### itself that is becoming fluid), then ###§&*=-.¨
¨.-=*&§### your body, and finally your sense of ###§&*=-.¨
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¨.-=*&§### eyes above ###§&*=-.¨
¨.-=*&§### fading into silver flakes as they fall ###§&*=-.¨
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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 ###§&*=-.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.=&## (were). normal staff is as transformed ##&=.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-=&§ as guests. instead, care and protection §&=-¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨..=*&§# pool toys and other such automatons. #§&*=..¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-*§ had. you could slip into your ideal dog §*-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨.-=*&§### body there, explore that. you could ###§&*=-.¨
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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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¨.-=*&§### =¨ it's in your eyes and it's in your ¨= ###§&*=-.¨
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¨.-=*&§### &- it's in your heart and in your -& ###§&*=-.¨
¨¨.-=*&&§# §= mind and the minds of those around =§ #§&&*=-.¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨..=&# #* you, their hearts, their bodies. *# #&=..¨¨¨¨¨
¨.-=*&§### #& #& #& #& #& #& #& #& #& #& #& ###§&*=-.¨
¨.-=*&§### and if you're lucky, you'll never get ###§&*=-.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.=&§§ out. don't bite the other guests. §§&=.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.-=*&§### (or do) ###§&*=-.¨
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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 ###§&*=-.¨
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¨.-=*&§### other ways as well. ###§&*=-.¨
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