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##@¤$^/~., FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ,.~/^$¤@##
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#@¤¤$^/~., DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ,.~/^$¤¤@#
##@¤$^/~., ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ,.~/^$¤@##
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##@¤$^/~., BUBBLES IN DRINKS ,.~/^$¤@##
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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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##@¤$^/~., AT THESE DEEPER LEVELS IT CAN BE HARD ,.~/^$¤@##
#¤$/~~,,,, TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE ,,,,~~/$¤#
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##@¤$^/~., AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ,.~/^$¤@##
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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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¤¤¤¤$^/~., $~ IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR ~$ ,.~/^$¤¤¤¤
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@$^^^~.,,, EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ,,,.~^^^$@
#¤$^/~~.,, COINCIDENTAL. THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE ,,.~~/^$¤#
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##@¤$^/~., SOMEONE WILL BUY THEM FOR YOU. ,.~/^$¤@##
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