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&......&.& FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ..&.....&&
&&.......& PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? &..&....&.
&&&......& CLASSIFIED MAPS HAD GONE MISSING SOME .&..&.....
&.&&...... YEARS BEFORE. ..&..&....
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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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.....&.&&. EYES ABOVE &&........
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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 ...&.&&...
.......... CLOSE YOUR EYES. .....&&&..
.......... .....&.&&.
.......... 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 .^ ..&.&&..&.
..&.....&& %^ 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. ..&.......
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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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