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#£$$:~^...              ... sleep ...               ...^~:$$£#
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#£$$:~^... day.  sleep  is  saying  goodbye  for  a ...^~:$$£#
£$$:~^.... while. if you  can dream, you  also  get ....^~:$$£
$$:~^..... to  visit  friends  and  other  animals. .....^~:$$
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$$:~^..... sleep  is  a  black  marble  outside  of .....^~:$$
$:~^...... which there  is  nothing. inside  is all ......^~:$
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£$$:~^.... if you wish to measure sleep,  use these ....^~:$$£
#£$$:~^...    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    ...^~:$$£#
##£$$:~^..   otherworldiness and revitalization.    ..^~:$$£##
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#£$$:~^... all   day  (left)  to  not   caring   to ...^~:$$£#
£$$:~^....            remember (right).             ....^~:$$£
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$:~^......     deepness goes from being several     ......^~:$
$$:~^..... hundred  meters down  (left)  to  barely .....^~:$$
£$$:~^....      touching the surface (right).       ....^~:$$£
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##£$$:~^..    otherworldliness goes from a single   ..^~:$$£##
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#£$$:~^...                 (right).                 ...^~:$$£#
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$$:~^..... revitalization  goes  from a feeling  of .....^~:$$
$:~^...... not having slept  at all (left) to being ......^~:$
$$:~^..... full   of  energy   and  maybe  optimism .....^~:$$
£$$:~^....                 (right).                 ....^~:$$£
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##£$$:~^.. high otherworldliness and  high grip  is ..^~:$$£##
#£$$:~^...     a particularly effective combo.      ...^~:$$£#
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#£$$:~^...              sleep deities               ...^~:$$£#
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$$:~^..... this is still  a  place:  here,  in  the .....^~:$$
£$$:~^.... silence,  darkness   and   night  -  and ....^~:$$£
#£$$:~^... loneliness, holding a  kind  of dilution ...^~:$$£#
##£$$:~^.. of  reality,  and   suddenly   it's  not ..^~:$$£##
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#£$$:~^... that,  if  i  do  not  choose  sleep,  i ...^~:$$£#
£$$:~^....    choose past, future, something with   ....^~:$$£
$$:~^..... more  substance   than  the   objects  i .....^~:$$
$:~^......           surround myself with.          ......^~:$
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