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#,#,##,,#, floor closer to the collapsed warp #,#,,#,,#,
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#,#,##,,#, classified maps had gone missing some #,#,,#,,#,
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#,#,##,,#, the environment - first more #,#,,#,,#,
#,#,,#,##, enthralling and intrusive, then seedy #,#,##,##,
#,#,##,,#, and predatory, but pierce deeper and #,#,,#,,#,
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#,#,##,,#, the ceiling is covered in actual stars. #,#,,#,,#,
#,#,,#,##, eyes above #,#,##,##,
#,#,##,,#, fading into silver flakes as they fall #,#,,#,,#,
#,#,,#,##, bubbles in drinks #,#,##,##,
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#,#,##,,#, as guests. instead, care and protection #,#,,#,,#,
#,#,,#,##, are offered by (overly flirty) #,#,##,##,
#,#,##,,#, pool toys and other such automatons. #,#,,#,,#,
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#,#,,#,##, 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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#,#,##,,#, expensive the drinks. this is not #,#,,#,,#,
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#,#,##,,#, 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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