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....~:¤¤## INTRINSICALLY WEAVED WITHIN THE SPACE ##¤¤:~....
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....^~~~^@ THE REAL, THE SPACE WHICH WE USUALLY @^~~~^....
.^~:^¤@### CALL THE AETHER, DISTORTIONS, ###@¤^:~^.
.^~:^¤@### ANOMALIES, CAN APPEAR UNDER ###@¤^:~^.
.^~:^¤@### 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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...^~:^¤@# REDUCTION, THAT I'M INTERPRETING THE #@¤^:~^...
.~:^¤@#### TIP OF SOMETHING MUCH LARGER AND ALIEN ####@¤^:~.
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.^~:^¤@### VARIOUS FORMS LIKE THESE ###@¤^:~^.
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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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