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##@@%**=^. THE DEEPER YOU DESCEND, THE STRANGER .^=**%@@##
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@@@@%**=^. ENTHRALLING AND INTRUSIVE, THEN SEEDY .^=**%@@@@
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##@@%**=^. YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO .^=**%@@##
##@@%**=^. DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME .^=**%@@##
##@@%**=^. ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN .^=**%@@##
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###@@**=^. EYES ABOVE .^=**@@###
##@@%**=^. FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL .^=**%@@##
###@@%*=^. BUBBLES IN DRINKS .^=*%@@###
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##@@%**=^. DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT .^=**%@@##
@@%*^..... 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) ...^^=*@@#
@%*^^..... POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. .....^^*%@
@%**=^.... ....^=**%@
###@%**=^. 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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##@@%**=^. ^^ THE HONEY IS A TRAP AND THERE'S A ^^ .^=**%@@##
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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. *@ .^=**%@@##
##@@%**=^. #% #% #% #% #% #% #% #% #% #% #% .^=**%@@##
#@@@%**=^. AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET .^=**%@@@#
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@%*==^.... (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 .^=**%@@##
##@@%**=^. SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY .^=**%@@##
@%*****=^. LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN .^=*****%@
##@@%**=^. OTHER WAYS AS WELL. .^=**%@@##
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