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@@##*=:«^,         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ,^«:=*##@@
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#@##*=:«^,            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            ,^«:=*##@#
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###**=:«^,                  A COST                  ,^«:=**###
##@##*=«^,                (ANECDOTE)                ,^«=*##@##
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@##=:^,,,, I  WAKE  SUDDENLY,   AND  FOR  A  SECOND ,,,,^:=##@
#@##*=:«^, EVERYTHING  IS COMPLETELY CALM AND  DEAD ,^«:=*##@#
#@##*=:«^, SILENT.  IT'S  DARK,  AND  WARM,  AND  I ,^«:=*##@#
##@##*=:^, SLOWLY  START  TO   PIECE   TOGETHER  MY ,^:=*##@##
#@##*=:«^,        CONSCIOUSNESS AND MY BODY.        ,^«:=*##@#
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#@##*=:«^, THEN  THE  FEAR  HITS  ME  AND   I  FEEL ,^«:=*##@#
##@##=:«^,   ACUTELY SICK. SOMETHING IS «WRONG«.    ,^«:=##@##
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#@##*=:«^, THERE  ARE CIRCLES AND CROSSES INSCRIBED ,^«:=*##@#
#@##*=:«^, ALL OVER MY  VISION,  PRESSING IN, BEING ,^«:=*##@#
##@#*=:«^, ALMOST HOSTILE. I CAN FEEL THEM  SQUIRM, ,^«:=*#@##
##==«^,,,,     THEIR INTERNAL LOGIC CHANGING AND    ,,,,^«==##
#*==:::«^, GRINDING TRENCHES IN MY  MIND. IT'S LIKE ,^«:::==*#
@#***=:«^, LANGUAGE, SENTENCES I CAN'T  HIDE  FROM, ,^«:=***#@
#@##*=:«^, FORCEFULLY  TRANSCRIBED IN  MY MIND, AND ,^«:=*##@#
#@##*=:«^,           DOING DAMAGE THERE.            ,^«:=*##@#
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#@##*=:«^, THEN  I  REALIZE  I  CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING ,^«:=*##@#
##@#*=:«^,      BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THERE     ,^«:=*#@##
#@##*=:«^,    ALREADY, DRONING EVERYTHING OUT, A    ,^«:=*##@#
#@##*=:«^, RAPID MELODY,  ALMOST  CAUSTIC  IN  IT'S ,^«:=*##@#
#@##*=:«^,        PARTICULAR MICROTONALITY.         ,^«:=*##@#
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#*:««^,,,, MY SURROUNDINGS ARE ENTIRELY  CALM. IT'S ,,,,^««:*#
#@##*=:«^,              ALMOST MOCKING.             ,^«:=*##@#
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@@##*=:«^, I  FEEL  HELPLESS,  BUT  I  MUST TRY  TO ,^«:=*##@@
##=:^,,,,, ESCAPE. TO CRAWL ON THE  FLOOR SEARCHING ,,,,,^:=##
@#**:^^^^, RELIEF, SUCH IS MY NATURE.  TURNING  THE ,^^^^:**#@
##=:«,,,,,    LIGHTS ON DOES NOTHING... GETTING     ,,,,,«:=##
##@#*=:«^,  OUTSIDE DOES NOTHING... DRINKING WATER  ,^«:=*#@##
#**:^^,,,, DOES  NOTING...  BUT  TIME DOES -  AFTER ,,,,^^:**#
#==«^^^,,,     THIRTY SECONDS I'M NORMAL AGAIN,     ,,,^^^«==#
###*:^,,,, DOUBTING ANYTHING  OF THIS  HAPPENED  IN ,,,,^:*###
#*==««^,,,             THE FIRST PLACE.             ,,,^««==*#
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#*=::::«^, MY  EYES ARE STILL TENSE THOUGH, SCARED. ,^«::::=*#
##=:«^,,,, I    DON'T    KNOW    WHAT   TO    MAKE. ,,,,^«:=##
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#@##*=:«^,              BUT I'M TIRED.              ,^«:=*##@#
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#@##*=:«^, THIS CAN HAPPEN  IF YOU WANDER TOO  FAR, ,^«:=*##@#
##=«,,,,,, I  GUESS?  I  SHOULDN'T BE  SO  RECKLESS ,,,,,,«=##
##=«,,,,,,              WHEN DREAMING?              ,,,,,,«=##
##@#*=:«^, I IMAGINE A PRICK  ON  THE  NOSE, THAT'S ,^«:=*#@##
#@##*=:«^, WHAT THESE ARE.  LIKE YOU DO  WITH A CAT ,^«:=*##@#
#====::«^, WHO  COMES TO  CLOSE TO YOUR SANDWICH... ,^«::====#
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