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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,       #@&@§†~^..
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....^~†§@&  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)              ~^........
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.......... 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 ..........
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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 @&@§†~^...
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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.                ..........
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..........   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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