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.~~/^%&@##              .LIZARDRY                   ##@&%^/~~.
..~~/^%&@# ~           ¶ @¶ @@@  @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ #@&%^/~~..
...~~/^%&@ @@      THE ART OF C~NNECTING            @&%^/~~...
....~~/^%&        .    WITH THE OLD MIND            &%^/~~....
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..~~/^%&@#             MY MIND IS BEING SKEWED. MI  #@&%^/~~..
.~~/^%&@##  SKELETON IS STRINGY AND OLD AND ALIEN   ##@&%^/~~.
..~~/^%&@#             THE SITUATION IS LITERALLY   #@&%^/~~..
...~~/^%&@ PRESSED OUT THROUGH MY EYES, IT'S        @&%^/~~...
....~~/^%& ECHOING LIKE                             &%^/~~....
...~~/^%&@             THE SUNSET OF THE ETERNAL    @&%^/~~...
..~~/^%&@# OCEAN                                    #@&%^/~~..
.~~/^%&@##         PERSISTENTLY AGAINST MY EMULSION ##@&%^/~~.
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...~~/^%&@    IT'S UNGRASPABLE TO ME, WHAT OTHER    @&%^/~~...
....~~/^%&   HUMANS ARE DOING AND ABSTRACTING,      &%^/~~....
...~~/^%&@  AND ABOVE ALL ELSE, WHAT TIME THEY USE? @&%^/~~...
..~~/^%&@# HOW LONG A TIME HAS PASSED, FOR THEM?    #@&%^/~~..
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..~~/^%&@#  . ... .  ................   ¶¶¶¶¶¶¶     #@&%^/~~..
...~~/^%&@   CONTINUOUSLY I'M CROWDING THROUGH      @&%^/~~...
....~~/^%& . THE FOURTH WALL  ~OUTWARDS IS WHAT   . &%^/~~....
...~~/^%&@ .. I'M THINKING BUT IT'S WRONG.. A NEW   @&%^/~~...
..~~/^%&@# . . NARRATOR IS INTRODUCED, OCCASIONALLY #@&%^/~~..
.~~/^%&@## ~  ~ AWARE OF THE PREVIOUS ONE, DEEPER . ##@&%^/~~.
..~~/^%&@# ~   ~ DOWN IN THE DRAGONS THROAT.        #@&%^/~~..
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