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.......... AND PREDATORY, BUT PIERCE DEEPER AND ..........
^......... THERE WILL BE MORE PECULIAR EFFECTS. .........^
~^........ YOUR SENSE OF SPACE WILL SEEM TO ........^~
\~^....... DISTORT (IT'S ACTUALLY THE SPACETIME .......^~\
§\~^...... ITSELF THAT IS BECOMING FLUID), THEN ......^~\§
$§\~^..... YOUR BODY, AND FINALLY YOUR SENSE OF .....^~\§$
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\~^....... EYES ABOVE .......^~\
~^........ FADING INTO SILVER FLAKES AS THEY FALL ........^~
^......... BUBBLES IN DRINKS .........^
.......... ..........
.......... 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 ......^~\§
$§\~^..... (WERE). NORMAL STAFF IS AS TRANSFORMED .....^~\§$
@$§\~^.... AS GUESTS. INSTEAD, CARE AND PROTECTION ....^~\§$@
@@$§\~^... ARE OFFERED BY (OVERLY FLIRTY) ...^~\§$@@
#@@$§\~^.. POOL TOYS AND OTHER SUCH AUTOMATONS. ..^~\§$@@#
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#@@$§\~^.. IF YOU STAY ABOVE ABSOLUTE MADNESS, ..^~\§$@@#
@@$§\~^... THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO BE ...^~\§$@@
@$§\~^.... HAD. YOU COULD SLIP INTO YOUR IDEAL DOG ....^~\§$@
$§\~^..... BODY THERE, EXPLORE THAT. YOU COULD .....^~\§$
§\~^...... DRINK POISONOUS AMBROSIA AND NOT BE ......^~\§
\~^....... BURNED AWAY. YOU COULD EXPLORE .......^~\
~^........ TERRITORIES JUST AS MAPLESS AS THOSE ........^~
^......... 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 ^§ ......^~\§
$§\~^..... $~ IT'S IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR ~$ .....^~\§$
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$§\~^..... THE DEEPER THE FLOOR GOES, THE MORE .....^~\§$
§\~^...... 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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