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##¶#£^\«,, silent.  it's  dark,  and  warm,  and  i ,,«\^£#¶##
##¶#£^\«,, slowly  start   to   piece  together  my ,,«\^£#¶##
##¶#£^\«,,        consciousness and my body.        ,,«\^£#¶##
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#£^\\,,,,, all over my  vision,  pressing in, being ,,,,,\\^£#
#£^««««,,, almost  hostile. i can feel them squirm, ,,,««««^£#
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##¶#£^\«,, language, sentences i  can't hide  from, ,,«\^£#¶##
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#^^«,,,,,,            doing damage there.           ,,,,,,«^^#
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¶#£\,,,,,, then  i  realize  i can't hear  anything ,,,,,,\£#¶
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###¶#^\«,,    already, droning everything out, a    ,,«\^#¶###
####£^\«,, rapid  melody,  almost  caustic in  it's ,,«\^£####
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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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