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             KETAMINE, KET, "HORSE TRANQUILIZER"          ,   
                                                              
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           STILL UNKNOWN TO  ME, OTHER THAN THROUGH           
  :          DREAMS*. APPARENTLY MADE FOR MAKING              
           HOLES. THEY MAY  BE DARK AND MONOCHROME.  .        
       *                 THEY MAY NOT.                        
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           WHITE  POWDER,  DOSED  BY  WAY  OF  KEY?           
                                                              
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           @§~-»-=«-»~-»==»=~~=-»=«~»~~~=~~~»~~=~£@           
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           *A  RED  CYLINDER,  WIDE  AS  A  FINGER.           
                GLOSSY FRECKLED CERAMICS, WITH                
                SOMETHING ORGANIC INSIDE, BEING               
        .  CORRUPTED BEFORE  YOUR EYES - TURNING TO           
     :     ASH,  BUT THERE'S  NO FLAME. YOU HOLD IT           
       ~   UP TO  YOUR NOSE,  SUCK  IT  IN  WITH  A           
           SHARP   INHALE.  EXIT  TO  THE  BALCONY.         ¨ 
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           HERE  ON  THE  FIFTH FLOOR, WITH  A VIEW           
           OVER  THE  PARKING  LOT,   THINGS  START           
        *        FOLDING INTO EACH OTHER, LIKE                
            COLLAPSING A CARDBOARD BOX. DIMENSIONS            
              BECOMING FLAT AND ADJACENT. PRESSED             
           INTO EACH  OTHER. CREASES  ARE FLATTENED           
           OUT, DISTANCES  DISAPPEAR,  THE WORLD IS           
           MANGLED  DOWN  TO  TWO  DIMENSIONS.  AND           
   ,       SUDDENLY  LIGHT FALLS  ON  THE  EDGE  OF       .   
           EVERYTHING RATHER  THAN  THE SURFACE: IT           
                   ALL GOES COMPLETELY DARK.                  
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