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,.«=%$$$## everything is  completely  calm and dead ##$$$%=«.,
,.«=%$$$#@ silent.  it's  dark,  and  warm,  and  i @#$$$%=«.,
,,,.==$$## slowly   start  to  piece  together   my ##$$==.,,,
,.«=%$#@##        consciousness and my body.        ##@#$%=«.,
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,.«=%$#@## then  the  fear  hits  me  and  i   feel ##@#$%=«.,
,.«=%$#@##   acutely sick. something is «wrong«.    ##@#$%=«.,
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,.«=%$#@## almost hostile. i can  feel them squirm, ##@#$%=«.,
,.«=%$#@##    their internal logic changing and     ##@#$%=«.,
,.«=%$#@## grinding trenches in my  mind. it's like ##@#$%=«.,
,.«=%$#@## language,  sentences i  can't hide from, ##@#$%=«.,
,,,,,,,«%# 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,     #%«,,,,,,,
,,,,,«%$$# doubting anything  of this  happened  in #$$%«,,,,,
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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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