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###¤%%^=,, FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ,,=^%%¤###
###¤%%^=,, BUBBLES IN DRINKS ,,=^%%¤###
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#¤%%^^^=,, DRINKS WITH A SECRET INGREDIENT, THAT ,,=^^^%%¤#
###¤%%^=,, 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 ,,=^%%¤###
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###¤%%^=,, AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ,,=^%%¤###
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¤%%^^^==,, HAD. YOU COULD SLIP INTO YOUR IDEAL DOG ,,==^^^%%¤
¤%=,,,,,,, BODY THERE, EXPLORE THAT. YOU COULD ,,,,,,,=%¤
¤%^,,,,,,, DRINK POISONOUS AMBROSIA AND NOT BE ,,,,,,,^%¤
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###¤%%^=,, == STING, A STING, A STING. == ,,=^%%¤###
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###¤%%^=,, %= IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR =% ,,=^%%¤###
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#¤¤¤%%^=,, 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 ,,=^%%¤###
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###¤%%^=,, 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 ,,,==^%%¤#
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