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¨,-=%%@### OF AN UNDOCUMENTED RESEARCH SITE. EACH ###@%%=-,¨
¨,-=%%¤@## FLOOR CLOSER TO THE COLLAPSED WARP ##@¤%%=-,¨
¨,-=%%¤@## PROTOTYPE. DID THEY KNOW AT THE START? ##@¤%%=-,¨
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¨,-=%%@### ENTHRALLING AND INTRUSIVE, THEN SEEDY ###@%%=-,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-%%¤ AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND ¤%%-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,-=%%¤@## THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. ##@¤%%=-,¨
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¨,-=%%¤@## TO REMEMBER WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE ##@¤%%=-,¨
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¨,-=%%¤@## BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE ##@¤%%=-,¨
¨,-=%%¤@## TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE ##@¤%%=-,¨
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