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#@%%=~,...         internal visionary state         ...,~=%%@#
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###@%%=~,.            the spirit travels            .,~=%%@###
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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.        .....,~=%%
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#@%%=~,... 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.             ....,~=%%@
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%=~,...... 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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