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#@¶£%^†-,¨        consciousness and my body.        ¨,-†^%£¶@#
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@¶¶£%^†-,¨ almost hostile. i  can feel them squirm, ¨,-†^%£¶¶@
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#@¶£%^†-,¨ language, sentences  i can't  hide from, ¨,-†^%£¶@#
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#@¶£%^†-,¨           doing damage there.            ¨,-†^%£¶@#
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#@¶£%^†-,¨    already, droning everything out, a    ¨,-†^%£¶@#
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¶£££%^†-,¨ escape. to  crawl on the floor searching ¨,-†^%£££¶
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¶¶£%†,¨¨¨¨ doubting  anything of  this happened  in ¨¨¨¨,†%£¶¶
#@¶£%^†-,¨             the first place.             ¨,-†^%£¶@#
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##¶£%^†-,¨ i guess?  i  shouldn't  be  so  reckless ¨,-†^%£¶##
£££%%^†-,¨              when dreaming?              ¨,-†^%%£££
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#@¶£%^†-,¨ who comes to  close to your  sandwich... ¨,-†^%£¶@#
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