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¨^-*†£§@## everything  is completely  calm and dead ##@§£†*-^¨
¨¨¨¨-*££§§ silent.  it's  dark,  and  warm,  and  i §§££*-¨¨¨¨
¨^-*†£§@## slowly   start  to  piece  together   my ##@§£†*-^¨
¨^-*†£§###        consciousness and my body.        ###§£†*-^¨
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¨^-*†£§@@# 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, @§†*^¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨^-*£§ 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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¨^-*†£§@##             almost mocking.              ##@§£†*-^¨
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¨^-*††£££@ 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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¨^-*†£££@@ i  guess?  i shouldn't  be  so  reckless @@£££†*-^¨
¨¨¨¨¨-†£§§              when dreaming?              §§£†-¨¨¨¨¨
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¨^-*†£§@## what these are. like you  do with a  cat ##@§£†*-^¨
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