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##@#@*;~-, FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ,-~;*@#@##
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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) ,-~;;;**##
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#@***~,,,, IF YOU STAY ABOVE ABSOLUTE MADNESS, ,,,,~***@#
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#*;;~,,,,, 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 ,-~;*@#@##
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##@#@*;~-, AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ,-~;*@#@##
##@#@*;~-, OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ,-~;*@#@##
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##@#@*;~-, THE DEEPER THE FLOOR GOES, THE MORE ,-~;*@#@##
#*;;-,,,,, EXPENSIVE THE DRINKS. THIS IS NOT ,,,,,-;;*#
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##@#@*;~-, 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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