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....~-^$$§ FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP §$$^-~....
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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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.....~-^$$ THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE $$^-~.....
....~-^$$§ HAD. YOU COULD SLIP INTO YOUR IDEAL DOG §$$^-~....
...~-^$$§¶ BODY THERE, EXPLORE THAT. YOU COULD ¶§$$^-~...
..~-^$$§¶# DRINK POISONOUS AMBROSIA AND NOT BE #¶§$$^-~..
.~-^$$§¶## BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE ##¶§$$^-~.
..~-^$$§¶# TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE #¶§$$^-~..
...~-^$$§¶ CLOSER TO THE CORE, BUT WITH A CHANCE ¶§$$^-~...
....~-^$$§ OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. §$$^-~....
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......~-^$ OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. $^-~......
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..~-^$$§¶# EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT #¶§$$^-~..
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...~-^$$§¶ SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. ¶§$$^-~...
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......~-^$ LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN $^-~......
.....~-^$$ OTHER WAYS AS WELL. $$^-~.....
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