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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 #@&&*†~...
....~†*&&@ 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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..~†*&&@##         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.                @&&*†~....
...~†*&&@#                                          #@&&*†~...
..~†*&&@##   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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