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,,#,,,###, as guests. instead, care and protection ,###,,,,,,
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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 ,,#,##,,#,
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,,,###,,,, expensive the drinks. this is not ,##,,,#,##
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