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###@%%\~-¨ EYES ABOVE ¨-~\%%@###
#@@%%%\~-¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¨-~\%%%@@#
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###@%%\~-¨ DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ¨-~\%%@###
#%%\~~~~-¨ MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ¨-~~~~\%%#
###@%%\~-¨ CLOSE YOUR EYES. ¨-~\%%@###
###@%%\~-¨ ¨-~\%%@###
@%%\~~~~-¨ 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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##@%%%\~-¨ IF YOU STAY ABOVE ABSOLUTE MADNESS, ¨-~\%%%@##
###@%%\~-¨ 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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###@%%\~-¨ %- MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS -% ¨-~\%%@###
###@%%\~-¨ %~ IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR ~% ¨-~\%%@###
###@%%\~-¨ @\ 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 ¨--~~%%%%#
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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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