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###¤&^:~.. FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ..~:^&¤###
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###¤&^:~.. THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ..~:^&¤###
¤^~....... YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO .......~^¤
¤^~....... DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME .......~^¤
###¤&^:~.. ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ..~:^&¤###
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¤¤&^^~.... FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ....~^^&¤¤
###¤&^:~.. BUBBLES IN DRINKS ..~:^&¤###
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#&:~...... 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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###¤&^:~.. 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 ....:::^¤#
###¤&^:~.. 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 ..~:^&¤###
###¤&^:~.. OTHER WAYS AS WELL. ..~:^&¤###
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