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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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####$*=«,, THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ,,«=*$####
###@$*=«,, YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ,,«=*$@###
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###@$*=«,, EYES ABOVE ,,«=*$@###
#@$$=««,,, FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ,,,««=$$@#
###@$*=«,, BUBBLES IN DRINKS ,,«=*$@###
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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 ,,,«««=**@
@**=,,,,,, ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) ,,,,,,=**@
####@$=«,, POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. ,,«=$@####
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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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###@$*=«,, =, IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ,= ,,«=*$@###
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@*=«,,,,,, $« IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR «$ ,,,,,,«=*@
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###@$*=«,, #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ #$ ,,«=*$@###
###@$*=«,, AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ,,«=*$@###
###@$*=«,, OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ,,«=*$@###
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###@$*=«,, 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 ,,,,,,=$##
###@$*=«,, LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN ,,«=*$@###
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