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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 ~^........
.........^ ^.........
.......... 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 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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