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.~«*=&&@##  opposer.dream                           ##@&&=*«~.
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....~«*=&&  intrinsically weaved within the space   &&=*«~....
...~«*=&&@ between  what  the brain constructs  and @&&=*«~...
..~«*=&&@# the real,  the space  which  we  usually #@&&=*«~..
.~«*=&&@##      call the aether, distortions,       ##@&&=*«~.
..~«*=&&@#        anomalies, can appear under       #@&&=*«~..
...~«*=&&@ circumstances, peculiar ones, folded in  @&&=*«~...
....~«*=&& like liquid crystals,  appearing  as  if &&=*«~....
...~«*=&&@ you suddenly  rotate  your head  in some @&&=*«~...
..~«*=&&@# fourth  dimension (usually more  or less #@&&=*«~..
.~«*=&&@##              uncomfortable)              ##@&&=*«~.
..~«*=&&@#                                          #@&&=*«~..
...~«*=&&@ the opposer looks  like a concave square @&&=*«~...
....~«*=&& balancing  on   a  corner,   with  round &&=*«~....
...~«*=&&@ cutouts  along  its edges making it look @&&=*«~...
..~«*=&&@# like a  pointy cross,  or something from #@&&=*«~..
.~«*=&&@##                  twewy                   ##@&&=*«~.
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...~«*=&&@ it's  hostile, maybe not  conscious  but @&&=*«~...
....~«*=&&     active, perceiving, alive in some    &&=*«~....
...~«*=&&@ sense. but i feel as if  that might be a @&&=*«~...
..~«*=&&@#   reduction, that i'm interpreting the   #@&&=*«~..
.~«*=&&@## tip  of something much larger  and alien ##@&&=*«~.
..~«*=&&@# to  me.  maybe  not  alive,  then,   but #@&&=*«~..
...~«*=&&@             something worse.             @&&=*«~...
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..~«*=&&@#                it morphs                 #@&&=*«~..
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.~«*=&&@##   it appears in it's truest false form   ##@&&=*«~.
..~«*=&&@#  inscribed all over your vision, in the  #@&&=*«~..
...~«*=&&@  case of nightmares, evil meditation, or @&&=*«~...
....~«*=&&   drug-induced transcendental states.    &&=*«~....
...~«*=&&@ living behind the curtain, so to speak,  @&&=*«~...
..~«*=&&@#  in the liquid between you and the world #@&&=*«~..
.~«*=&&@##                you're in.                ##@&&=*«~.
..~«*=&&@#                                          #@&&=*«~..
...~«*=&&@   but even in calmer times, it's never   @&&=*«~...
....~«*=&&  too far away, and you can find yourself &&=*«~....
...~«*=&&@    transfixed by floor tiles, jewelry    @&&=*«~...
..~«*=&&@#   (totems? charms?), trees, and other    #@&&=*«~..
.~«*=&&@##              such things...              ##@&&=*«~.
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