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,:=^§£¤¶¶¶ of an undocumented research site. each ¶¶¶¤£§^=:,
,,,,,:^££¶ floor closer to the collapsed warp ¶££^:,,,,,
,:=^§£¤¶## prototype. did they know at the start? ##¶¤£§^=:,
,,,=^^^^£¤ classified maps had gone missing some ¤£^^^^=,,,
,,,,::=§¤¤ years before. ¤¤§=::,,,,
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,::===^£¶# and predatory, but pierce deeper and #¶£^===::,
,,,,,:^£¶# there will be more peculiar effects. #¶£^:,,,,,
,,,,,,:^£¶ your sense of space will seem to ¶£^:,,,,,,
,:=^§£¤¶## distort (it's actually the spacetime ##¶¤£§^=:,
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,:=^§£¤¶## makes you see the stars even when you ##¶¤£§^=:,
,:=^§£¤¶## close your eyes. ##¶¤£§^=:,
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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) ##¶¤£§^=:,
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,:=^§£¤¶## there is some sort of control to be ##¶¤£§^=:,
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,:=^§£¤¶## body there, explore that. you could ##¶¤£§^=:,
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,,:=^^§£¤¤ burned away. you could explore ¤¤£§^^=:,,
,:=^§£¤¶## territories just as mapless as those ##¶¤£§^=:,
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,:=^§£¤¤¶# of finding your way back. #¶¤¤£§^=:,
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,:=^§£¤¶## someone will buy them for you. ##¶¤£§^=:,
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,:=^§£¤¶## likely to take care of your needs in ##¶¤£§^=:,
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