Meanwhile, each of these potential pitfalls can be overcome, and in many places throughout the game, more than one physical path is available to the player.

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The end of the physical path, that's the truth.

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Like those dealing with serious addiction, one can take a path to detoxification which would rid the body of its ills at the price of a horrible physical experience, or one can keep feeding an addiction, perhaps in moderately reduced doses, in order to avert the pain.

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