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#@%$^~~¨¨¨ FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ¨¨¨~~^$%@#
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$^~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ YEARS BEFORE. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~^$
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$^~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE DEEPER YOU DESCEND, THE STRANGER ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~^$
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###@%$^~~¨ YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ¨~~^$%@###
##@%$^~~¨¨ DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ¨¨~~^$%@##
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@%$^~~¨¨¨¨ EYES ABOVE ¨¨¨¨~~^$%@
#@%$^~~¨¨¨ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ¨¨¨~~^$%@#
##@%$^~~¨¨ BUBBLES IN DRINKS ¨¨~~^$%@##
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~^
$^~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ (WERE). NORMAL STAFF IS AS TRANSFORMED ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~^$
%$^~~¨¨¨¨¨ AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ¨¨¨¨¨~~^$%
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#@%$^~~¨¨¨ POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. ¨¨¨~~^$%@#
##@%$^~~¨¨ ¨¨~~^$%@##
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##@%$^~~¨¨ THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE ¨¨~~^$%@##
#@%$^~~¨¨¨ HAD. YOU COULD SLIP INTO YOUR IDEAL DOG ¨¨¨~~^$%@#
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%$^~~¨¨¨¨¨ DRINK POISONOUS AMBROSIA AND NOT BE ¨¨¨¨¨~~^$%
$^~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~^$
^~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~^
$^~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ CLOSER TO THE CORE, BUT WITH A CHANCE ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~^$
%$^~~¨¨¨¨¨ OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. ¨¨¨¨¨~~^$%
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$^~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~^$
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###@%$^~~¨ EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ¨~~^$%@###
##@%$^~~¨¨ COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE ¨¨~~^$%@##
#@%$^~~¨¨¨ DRINKS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT ¨¨¨~~^$%@#
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$^~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ SOMEONE BUYS YOU A DRINK, THEY ARE VERY ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~^$
^~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ LIKELY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS IN ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~^
$^~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ OTHER WAYS AS WELL. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~^$
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