....--^%¤@ @¤%^--....
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..-^*%¤@@# opposer.dream #@@¤%*^-..
.....-^%%¤ ---------------------------------------- ¤%%^-.....
......-^%@ @%^-......
....-*%¤@@ 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 #@@¤%*^-..
.......^*¤ cutouts along its edges making it look ¤*^.......
..-^^**%¤@ like a pointy cross, or something from @¤%**^^-..
..-^*%¤@@# twewy #@@¤%*^-..
..-^*%¤@@@ @@@¤%*^-..
..-^*%¤@@# it's hostile, maybe not conscious but #@@¤%*^-..
.....-*¤@@ active, perceiving, alive in some @@¤*-.....
..-^*%¤@@# sense. but i feel as if that might be a #@@¤%*^-..
..-^*%¤@## reduction, that i'm interpreting the ##@¤%*^-..
..-^*%¤@@@ tip of something much larger and alien @@@¤%*^-..
.-^*%¤@@## to me. maybe not alive, then, but ##@@¤%*^-.
..-^****%¤ something worse. ¤%****^-..
..-^*%¤@@# #@@¤%*^-..
..-^*%¤@@# #@@¤%*^-..
..-^*%%¤@@ . @@¤%%*^-..
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..-^*%¤@@@ @@@^ ^ @@@¤%*^-..
..-^*%¤@@# ^^ @ #@@¤%*^-..
.......^%@ ---¤¤¤^^^^*###* ^¤^-----. @%^.......
.....-^%¤@ ...-%%%¤¤^^ *@#@@^^^^^¤¤%%%***^... @¤%^-.....
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..-^*%¤@## .--. %%% --. ##@¤%*^-..
....-*%%%¤ ----.... **- ..------ ¤%%%*-....
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..-^*%¤@@# ^ #@@¤%*^-..
.....-**%¤ . ¤%**-.....
.......-*¤ ¤*-.......
..-^*%¤@## various forms like these ##@¤%*^-..
..-^*%¤@@# #@@¤%*^-..
......^*%¤ *#* ¤%*^......
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..-^*%¤@@# .%%. #@@¤%*^-..
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..-^*%¤@@# .. #@@¤%*^-..
..-^*%¤@@# .%%. #@@¤%*^-..
.....^*¤¤@ . .^¤@@¤^. . @¤¤*^.....
..-^^***¤¤ *@@*-... ....-*@@####@@*-... ....-*@@* ¤¤***^^-..
..-^*%¤@@# *#@@*-.... ...-*@@####@@*-.... ...-*@@#* #@@¤%*^-..
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.....-*%%@ *#* @%%*-.....
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..-^*%¤@@@ it morphs @@@¤%*^-..
....-^^%¤¤ ¤¤%^^-....
.....^^*¤@ # @¤*^^.....
...-^****¤ # ¤****^-...
..-^*%¤@@# @@^ #@@¤%*^-..
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..-^*%¤@@# .^^ #@@¤%*^-..
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..-^*%¤@@# ^- ....... %-- #@@¤%*^-..
..-^*¤@@## *^^@^- -.^^-.........--.. -¤¤^^ ##@@¤*^-..
..-^*%¤@@# **@@@@¤%%-...-.... ....-...*%%¤¤@@@###** #@@¤%*^-..
..-^*%¤@## ^^@^ ....... --¤@^^** ##@¤%*^-..
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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. #@@¤%*^-..
..-^*%¤@@# #@@¤%*^-..
......^%¤@ 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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