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&&&&&.&... FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP &&&...&.&&
....&&&..& PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ..&..&&&..
...&..&.&& CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME .&&.&..&..
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&&..&..&.& AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND ...&&&...&
.&.&&.&&&& THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ..&..&..&.
&&&.&&...& YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO .&&.&&.&&.
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.&.&&&.&&& ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN &&.&&.&&.&
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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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&&..&..&.& -- STING, A STING, A STING. -- ...&&&...&
.&.&&.&&&& /. IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ./ ..&..&..&.
&&&.&&...& =^ MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS ^= .&&.&&.&&.
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.&.&&&.&&& &/ MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND /& &&.&&.&&.&
&&&..&&..& #= YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. =# .&&.&&.&&&
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.&&&&&&&.& 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 &&.&..&.&&
....&...&. LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN .&&&.&&&..
...&&..&&& OTHER WAYS AS WELL. &..&&..&..
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