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.,~†*§@###         ...,,~§# DREAMS #§~,,...         ###@§*†~,.
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.,~†*§@###         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ###@§*†~,.
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.....,,†§#            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            #§†,,.....
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.,~†*§@###             .,†§########§†,.             ###@§*†~,.
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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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