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....,=\$%#                  ..$@$..                 #%$\=,....
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......,=\$         ...,,=%# dreams #%=,,...         $\=,......
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.......,=\                                          \=,.......
......,=\$         internal visionary state         $\=,......
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....,=\$%#            the spirit travels            #%$\=,....
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..,=\$%#@#             .,\%@######@%\,.             #@#%$\=,..
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...,=\$%#@                  a cost                  @#%$\=,...
....,=\$%#                (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.        =,........
.......,=\                                          \=,.......
......,=\$ 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.              ##@#%$\=,.
..,=\$%#@#                                          #@#%$\=,..
...,=\$%#@ 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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