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..--^$$@## I  WAKE  SUDDENLY,  AND  FOR  A   SECOND ##@$$^--..
...--^$$@# EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY  CALM AND  DEAD #@$$^--...
....--^$$@ SILENT.  IT'S  DARK,  AND  WARM,  AND  I @$$^--....
.....--^$$ SLOWLY  START  TO   PIECE   TOGETHER  MY $$^--.....
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......--^$ THEN  THE  FEAR  HITS   ME  AND  I  FEEL $^--......
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..--^$$@## ALL  OVER  MY VISION, PRESSING IN, BEING ##@$$^--..
...--^$$@# ALMOST HOSTILE. I CAN FEEL  THEM SQUIRM, #@$$^--...
....--^$$@     THEIR INTERNAL LOGIC CHANGING AND    @$$^--....
.....--^$$ GRINDING TRENCHES IN MY  MIND. IT'S LIKE $$^--.....
......--^$ LANGUAGE,  SENTENCES I  CAN'T HIDE FROM, $^--......
.......--^ FORCEFULLY  TRANSCRIBED IN  MY MIND, AND ^--.......
......--^$            DOING DAMAGE THERE.           $^--......
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....--^$$@ THEN I REALIZE  I  CAN'T  HEAR  ANYTHING @$$^--....
...--^$$@#      BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THERE     #@$$^--...
..--^$$@##    ALREADY, DRONING EVERYTHING OUT, A    ##@$$^--..
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.....--^$$ I  FEEL  HELPLESS, BUT  I  MUST  TRY  TO $$^--.....
....--^$$@ ESCAPE. TO CRAWL  ON THE FLOOR SEARCHING @$$^--....
...--^$$@# RELIEF,  SUCH IS MY NATURE. TURNING  THE #@$$^--...
..--^$$@##    LIGHTS ON DOES NOTHING... GETTING     ##@$$^--..
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..--^$$@## DOES NOTING...  BUT  TIME  DOES -  AFTER ##@$$^--..
...--^$$@#     THIRTY SECONDS I'M NORMAL AGAIN,     #@$$^--...
....--^$$@ DOUBTING  ANYTHING  OF THIS  HAPPENED IN @$$^--....
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......--^$ I   DON'T    KNOW    WHAT    TO    MAKE. $^--......
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......--^$              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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