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.¤¤...¤¤¤. FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP .¤.¤¤....¤
.¤¤¤..¤.¤¤ PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ...¤¤¤....
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.¤¤¤.....¤ THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ....¤.¤¤..
.¤.¤¤....¤ YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ¤.....¤¤¤.
...¤¤¤.... DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME ¤¤....¤.¤¤
¤..¤.¤¤... ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ¤¤¤.....¤¤
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.¤.¤¤....¤ 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) ...¤¤¤..¤.
¤¤¤......¤ POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. ...¤.¤¤...
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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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.¤¤....¤.¤ -- STING, A STING, A STING. -- ....¤¤¤..¤
.¤¤¤.....¤ /. IT'S IN YOUR EYES AND IT'S IN YOUR ./ ....¤.¤¤..
.¤.¤¤....¤ †~ MOUTH AND YOUR HANDS, THEIR HANDS ~† ¤.....¤¤¤.
...¤¤¤.... £- IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR -£ ¤¤....¤.¤¤
¤..¤.¤¤... ¤/ MIND AND THE MINDS OF THOSE AROUND /¤ ¤¤¤.....¤¤
¤¤...¤¤¤.. £† YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. †£ ¤.¤¤....¤.
¤¤¤..¤.¤¤. #£ #£ #£ #£ #£ #£ #£ #£ #£ #£ #£ ..¤¤¤.....
¤.¤¤...¤¤¤ AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER GET ..¤.¤¤....
..¤¤¤..¤.¤ OUT. DON'T BITE THE OTHER GUESTS. ....¤¤¤...
..¤.¤¤...¤ (OR DO) ....¤.¤¤..
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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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