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@.....@.@. classified maps had gone missing some @.@@.@.@@@
@....@@@@@ years before. @@.@@@@...
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@@..@@.@@. fading into silver flakes as they fall @@.@...@@@
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...@.@.@@@ makes you see the stars even when you @@..@@@.@@
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.@..@.@@.. to remember who and where you are ..@...@.@.
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.@@..@@@@. as guests. instead, care and protection @.@.@...@@
@.@.@...@@ are offered by (overly flirty) @@@@@..@.@
@@@@@..@.@ pool toys and other such automatons. ....@.@@@.
....@.@@@. ...@@@..@@
...@@@..@. 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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...@@@@@.@ †. it's in your eyes and it's in your .† @@..@@..@@
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.@@...@.@@ &« it's in your heart and in your «& @@@@@@@@@@
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..@@@.@.@. @& @& @& @& @& @& @& @& @& @& @& .......@@@
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@.@@..@@@@ the deeper the floor goes, the more ..@..@@@.@
@@.@.@...@ expensive the drinks. this is not .@@.@..@@.
.@@@@@..@. coincidental. the more expensive the @.@@@.@.@@
@....@.@@@ 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 ..@@@..@.@
.@@.@@.... other ways as well. .@..@.@@@.
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