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§¨§§§¨¨¨¨§ TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE §¨¨§¨§¨§§¨
§§§¨¨§¨¨¨§ (WERE). NORMAL STAFF IS AS TRANSFORMED ¨§¨§§§§§¨§
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§¨¨§§§¨§¨§ 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 ¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨
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¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨ OF FINDING YOUR WAY BACK. §¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨§§§§¨¨¨ 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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