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..........         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ..........
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..........            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            ..........
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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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.......... 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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