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%†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨  OPPOSER.DREAM                           ¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†%
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†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  INTRINSICALLY WEAVED WITHIN THE SPACE   ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†
%†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨ BETWEEN WHAT  THE BRAIN  CONSTRUCTS  AND ¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†%
$%†~-¨¨¨¨¨ THE REAL,  THE  SPACE  WHICH  WE USUALLY ¨¨¨¨¨-~†%$
&$%†~-¨¨¨¨       CALL THE AETHER, DISTORTIONS,      ¨¨¨¨-~†%$&
@&$%†~-¨¨¨        ANOMALIES, CAN APPEAR UNDER       ¨¨¨-~†%$&@
#@&$%†~-¨¨ CIRCUMSTANCES, PECULIAR ONES, FOLDED IN  ¨¨-~†%$&@#
##@&$%†~-¨ LIKE LIQUID  CRYSTALS,  APPEARING AS  IF ¨-~†%$&@##
#@&$%†~-¨¨ YOU  SUDDENLY  ROTATE YOUR HEAD IN  SOME ¨¨-~†%$&@#
@&$%†~-¨¨¨ FOURTH DIMENSION (USUALLY  MORE  OR LESS ¨¨¨-~†%$&@
&$%†~-¨¨¨¨              UNCOMFORTABLE)              ¨¨¨¨-~†%$&
$%†~-¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨-~†%$
%†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE  OPPOSER LOOKS LIKE A CONCAVE SQUARE ¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†%
†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ BALANCING  ON   A   CORNER,  WITH  ROUND ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†
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†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ LIKE A  POINTY CROSS, OR SOMETHING  FROM ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†
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$%†~-¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨-~†%$
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#@&$%†~-¨¨ SENSE. BUT  I FEEL AS IF THAT MIGHT BE A ¨¨-~†%$&@#
##@&$%†~-¨   REDUCTION, THAT I'M INTERPRETING THE   ¨-~†%$&@##
#@&$%†~-¨¨ TIP  OF  SOMETHING MUCH LARGER AND ALIEN ¨¨-~†%$&@#
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&$%†~-¨¨¨¨             SOMETHING WORSE.             ¨¨¨¨-~†%$&
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&$%†~-¨¨¨¨   IT APPEARS IN IT'S TRUEST FALSE FORM   ¨¨¨¨-~†%$&
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†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨   DRUG-INDUCED TRANSCENDENTAL STATES.    ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†
~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  LIVING BEHIND THE CURTAIN, SO TO SPEAK, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~
†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  IN THE LIQUID BETWEEN YOU AND THE WORLD ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†
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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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