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&......... YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ..&.......
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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 &.&&......
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....&&&..& AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ..&.&&....
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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. -- &.......&.
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&......... %- MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS -% ..&.......
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....&..... @% @% @% @% @% @% @% @% @% @% @% ...&..&...
.....&.... AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ....&..&..
......&... OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. .....&..&.
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..&....... 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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