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.,~;§§§¶## OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ##¶§§§;~,.
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.,~;§§§§§§ THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. §§§§§§;~,.
.,~;§§§¶## YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ##¶§§§;~,.
.,~;§§§¶## DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ##¶§§§;~,.
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.,~;§§§¶## DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ##¶§§§;~,.
.,~;§§§¶## MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ##¶§§§;~,.
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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) ##¶§§§;~,.
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.,~;§§§¶## THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE ##¶§§§;~,.
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....,;§§§# TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE #§§§;,....
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.,~;§§§¶¶# AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET #¶¶§§§;~,.
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.,~;§§§¶## EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ##¶§§§;~,.
.,~;§§§¶## COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE ##¶§§§;~,.
.,~;§§§¶## DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ##¶§§§;~,.
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