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....^«\†§@                                          @§†\«^....
.....^«\†§ #@.....................................@ §†\«^.....
......^«\†             .             .              †\«^......
.......^«\              . the dream  .              \«^.......
........^«          . of being swallowed .          «^........
.......^«\             . by the beast. .            \«^.......
......^«\†                  .   .                   †\«^......
.....^«\†§ #@.....................................@ §†\«^.....
....^«\†§@                                          @§†\«^....
...^«\†§@# #     inside      ««««««««««««««««     # #@§†\«^...
..^«\†§@## .  an  animal  .  as if  .  to  be  safe ##@§†\«^..
.^«\†§@###                                          ###@§†\«^.
..^«\†§@##          ..######...###...###.           ##@§†\«^..
...^«\†§@# «^.####         «^.###«^.         ####«. #@§†\«^...
....^«\†§@ «^.####         «^.###«^.         ####«. @§†\«^....
.....^«\†§ the  dream  of  resting  inside  another §†\«^.....
......^«\† animal.    thats    how    it    starts, †\«^......
.......^«\ «^.     with     the      dream,     .^« \«^.......
........^«          «^.####«^.###«^.####«.          «^........
.......^«\ but this time i was curious of where  it \«^.......
......^«\† was                               going, †\«^......
.....^«\†§ #\\            ««««««««««            \\# §†\«^.....
....^«\†§@ \\ ««  «« «« ««  ««  ««  ««  «« «« «« \\ @§†\«^....
...^«\†§@#                                          #@§†\«^...
..^«\†§@## the    first    gate    is    the   lips ##@§†\«^..
.^«\†§@###                                          ###@§†\«^.
..^«\†§@## .   .   to   get   at  the   throat.   . ##@§†\«^..
...^«\†§@#                                          #@§†\«^...
....^«\†§@ to   be  falling  into  the  water,  the @§†\«^....
.....^«\†§ ocean, the void, but  it must be done in §†\«^.....
......^«\† the right way - in  a very specific way. †\«^......
.......^«\                                          \«^.......
........^«  \^^^«««««««««««\\\\^^^^^^^\^««««^^^^^\^ «^........
.......^«\             ^^^\\\\\\\^^^^\«^            \«^.......
......^«\†     ^^^\\\«««^\«\\\«^^^\««««\\\\\\\^     †\«^......
.....^«\†§          ^^^^\^««^\\^\\\\\\\\\\          §†\«^.....
....^«\†§@ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\      \\\\\\\\\\\\\ @§†\«^....
...^«\†§@#  it's not a bad feeling, at first. it's  #@§†\«^...
..^«\†§@##   slow... graceful... but then it gets   ##@§†\«^..
.^«\†§@###          too much and you faint.         ###@§†\«^.
..^«\†§@##    \#^^\«^^^^«^«««««««««««««««\\\\\\\    ##@§†\«^..
...^«\†§@# \\\\\\\\\\\\\ (you will feel very close  #@§†\«^...
....^«\†§@                to nature)                @§†\«^....
.....^«\†§    \#^^\«^^^^«^«««««««««««««««\\\\\\\    §†\«^.....
......^«\† \\\\\\\\\\\\\ (you will feel very close  †\«^......
.......^«\     to the beast that is everything)     \«^.......
........^«    \#^^\«^^^^«^«««««««««««««««\\\\\\\    «^........
.......^«\  \\\\\\\\\\\\\ (only through its help)   \«^.......
......^«\†    \#^^\«^^^^«^«««««««««««««««\\ (very   †\«^......
.....^«\†§ hard to get here without the aid of the  §†\«^.....
....^«\†§@   beast) \\\ (state where the human is   @§†\«^....
...^«\†§@#     submerged in the animal) \\\ \\      #@§†\«^...
..^«\†§@##     (becoming the animal) \\\ (forget    ##@§†\«^..
.^«\†§@### everything else) \\\ \\ (my soul is the  ###@§†\«^.
..^«\†§@##   beast's soul) \\\ (a sludgy sense of   ##@§†\«^..
...^«\†§@#    satisfaction. it's good) \\\ (it's    #@§†\«^...
....^«\†§@   good) \\\ \\ (breathing heavily) \\\   @§†\«^....
.....^«\†§     \\\ \\ (the two souls will move      §†\«^.....
......^«\†  together) \\\ (merge and dissolve) \\\  †\«^......
.......^«\  (collective body) \\\ (rearranged and   \«^.......
........^«   reordered) \\\ (the individual is not  «^........
.......^«\              so important)               \«^.......
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