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.,~\%¤§¶## OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ##¶§¤%\~,.
.,~\%¤§### FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ###§¤%\~,.
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.,~\%¤§¶## CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME ##¶§¤%\~,.
.,~\%¤§¶## YEARS BEFORE. ##¶§¤%\~,.
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.,~\%¤§¶¶# THE ENVIRONMENT - FIRST MORE #¶¶§¤%\~,.
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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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.,~\%¤§¶## FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ##¶§¤%\~,.
.,~\%¤§§§¶ BUBBLES IN DRINKS ¶§§§¤%\~,.
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.,~\%¤§### MAKES YOU SEE THE STARS EVEN WHEN YOU ###§¤%\~,.
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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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.,~\%¤§¶## DRINK POISONOUS AMBROSIA AND NOT BE ##¶§¤%\~,.
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.,~\%¤§¶## TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE ##¶§¤%\~,.
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.,~\%¤§¶## OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. ##¶§¤%\~,.
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.,~\%¤§### 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 ##¶§¤%\~,.
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.,~\%¤§¶## LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN ##¶§¤%\~,.
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