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....~«/$%# INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE #%$/«~....
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.......... I WAKE SUDDENLY, AND FOR A SECOND ..........
.........~ EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY CALM AND DEAD ~.........
........~« SILENT. IT'S DARK, AND WARM, AND I «~........
.......~«/ SLOWLY START TO PIECE TOGETHER MY /«~.......
......~«/$ CONSCIOUSNESS AND MY BODY. $/«~......
.....~«/$% %$/«~.....
....~«/$%# THEN THE FEAR HITS ME AND I FEEL #%$/«~....
...~«/$%#¶ ACUTELY SICK. SOMETHING IS «WRONG«. ¶#%$/«~...
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....~«/$%# ALL OVER MY VISION, PRESSING IN, BEING #%$/«~....
.....~«/$% ALMOST HOSTILE. I CAN FEEL THEM SQUIRM, %$/«~.....
......~«/$ THEIR INTERNAL LOGIC CHANGING AND $/«~......
.......~«/ GRINDING TRENCHES IN MY MIND. IT'S LIKE /«~.......
........~« LANGUAGE, SENTENCES I CAN'T HIDE FROM, «~........
.........~ FORCEFULLY TRANSCRIBED IN MY MIND, AND ~.........
.......... DOING DAMAGE THERE. ..........
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........~« THEN I REALIZE I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING «~........
.......~«/ BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THERE /«~.......
......~«/$ ALREADY, DRONING EVERYTHING OUT, A $/«~......
.....~«/$% RAPID MELODY, ALMOST CAUSTIC IN IT'S %$/«~.....
....~«/$%# PARTICULAR MICROTONALITY. #%$/«~....
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..~«/$%#¶@ MY SURROUNDINGS ARE ENTIRELY CALM. IT'S @¶#%$/«~..
...~«/$%#¶ ALMOST MOCKING. ¶#%$/«~...
....~«/$%# #%$/«~....
.....~«/$% I FEEL HELPLESS, BUT I MUST TRY TO %$/«~.....
......~«/$ ESCAPE. TO CRAWL ON THE FLOOR SEARCHING $/«~......
.......~«/ RELIEF, SUCH IS MY NATURE. TURNING THE /«~.......
........~« LIGHTS ON DOES NOTHING... GETTING «~........
.........~ OUTSIDE DOES NOTHING... DRINKING WATER ~.........
.......... DOES NOTING... BUT TIME DOES - AFTER ..........
.........~ THIRTY SECONDS I'M NORMAL AGAIN, ~.........
........~« DOUBTING ANYTHING OF THIS HAPPENED IN «~........
.......~«/ THE FIRST PLACE. /«~.......
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.....~«/$% MY EYES ARE STILL TENSE THOUGH, SCARED. %$/«~.....
....~«/$%# I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE. #%$/«~....
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..~«/$%#¶@ BUT I'M TIRED. @¶#%$/«~..
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......~«/$ THIS CAN HAPPEN IF YOU WANDER TOO FAR, $/«~......
.......~«/ I GUESS? I SHOULDN'T BE SO RECKLESS /«~.......
........~« WHEN DREAMING? «~........
.........~ I IMAGINE A PRICK ON THE NOSE, THAT'S ~.........
.......... WHAT THESE ARE. LIKE YOU DO WITH A CAT ..........
.........~ WHO COMES TO CLOSE TO YOUR SANDWICH... ~.........
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