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&...&&&&.. YEARS BEFORE. ..&&..&&&.
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&&&&&&&... THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. &.&&&&..&.
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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 &.&&...&&&
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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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&..&.....& 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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.&&..&&&&& .. THE HONEY IS A TRAP AND THERE'S A .. ..&&....&.
.&.&.&.... -- STING, A STING, A STING. -- ..&.&...&&
&&&&&&&... ;. 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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&&.&...&&& #% YOU, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BODIES. %# &.&..&&&.&
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&.&..&.&&. 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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