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¶¶¶¤*%\~,, OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ,,~\%*¤¶¶¶
##¶¤*%\~,, FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ,,~\%*¤¶##
##¶¤*%\~,, PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ,,~\%*¤¶##
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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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##¶¤*%\~,, FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ,,~\%*¤¶##
##¶¤*%\~,, BUBBLES IN DRINKS ,,~\%*¤¶##
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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 ,,~\%*¤¶##
¤¤¤*%~,,,, ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) ,,,,~%*¤¤¤
##¶¤*%\~,, POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. ,,~\%*¤¶##
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###¤*%\~,, 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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##¶¤*%\~,, *~ IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR ~* ,,~\%*¤¶##
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###¤*%\~,, COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE ,,~\%*¤###
##¶¤*%\~,, DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ,,~\%*¤¶##
###¶*%\~,, SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. ,,~\%*¶###
##¶¤*%\~,, THIS IS ALSO NOT COINCIDENTAL. IF ,,~\%*¤¶##
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