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,##,,#,,,, classified maps had gone missing some ,,,,##,,##
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,###,,,,## makes you see the stars even when you ,,###,,,,,
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,###,##### to remember who and where you are ,##,#,###,
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###,#,#,,, as guests. instead, care and protection ,,##,,,#,#
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#,,#,,,,#, pool toys and other such automatons. ######,#,,
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,##,###,## there is some sort of control to be ,#,,,,##,#
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,,##,#,#,# 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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