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#&†††..,,, prototype. did they know at the start? ,,,..†††&#
###&£††«., classified maps had gone missing some ,.«††£&###
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@£†.,,,,,, and predatory, but pierce deeper and ,,,,,,.†£@
###@&††«., there will be more peculiar effects. ,.«††&@###
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&&£†«,,,,, distort (it's actually the spacetime ,,,,,«†£&&
&£††.,,,,, itself that is becoming fluid), then ,,,,,.††£&
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##@&£††«., fading into silver flakes as they fall ,.«††£&@##
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&&£††«.,,, 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 ,.«††£&@##
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&&£††††«., 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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&&&††††«., someone will buy them for you. ,.«††††&&&
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###&£††«., someone buys you a drink, they are very ,.«††£&###
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