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@@..@.@@.. . the dream . .....@..@.
@@@...@@@. . of being swallowed . ......@...
@.@@..@.@@ . by the beast. . @......@..
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@......@.. the dream of resting inside another ..@@@..@.@
@@......@. animal. thats how it starts, ..@.@@...@
.@@......@ =.. with the dream, ..= ....@@@..@
.@@@...... =..####=..###=..####=. ....@.@@..
.@.@@..... but this time i was curious of where it ......@@@.
...@@@.... was going, ......@.@@
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@.@@...@@@ the first gate is the lips ..........
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..@.@@...@ . . to get at the throat. . ..........
....@@@..@ ..........
....@.@@.. to be falling into the water, the ..........
......@@@. ocean, the void, but it must be done in ..........
......@.@@ the right way - in a very specific way. @.........
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.......... it's not a bad feeling, at first. it's @@...@@@..
.......... slow... graceful... but then it gets @@@..@.@@.
.......... too much and you faint. @.@@...@@@
@......... :#..:=....=.===============::::::: ..@@@..@.@
@@........ ::::::::::::: (you will feel very close ..@.@@...@
.@@....... to nature) ....@@@..@
.@@@...... :#..:=....=.===============::::::: ....@.@@..
.@.@@..... ::::::::::::: (you will feel very close ......@@@.
...@@@.... to the beast that is everything) ......@.@@
@..@.@@... :#..:=....=.===============::::::: ........@@
@@...@@@.. ::::::::::::: (only through its help) ........@.
@@@..@.@@. :#..:=....=.===============:: (very @.........
@.@@...@@@ hard to get here without the aid of the @@........
..@@@..@.@ beast) ::: (state where the human is @@@.......
..@.@@...@ submerged in the animal) ::: :: @.@@......
....@@@..@ (becoming the animal) ::: (forget ..@@@.....
....@.@@.. everything else) ::: :: (my soul is the ..@.@@....
......@@@. beast's soul) ::: (a sludgy sense of @...@@@...
......@.@@ satisfaction. it's good) ::: (it's @@..@.@@..
........@@ good) ::: :: (breathing heavily) ::: @@@...@@@.
........@. ::: :: (the two souls will move @.@@..@.@@
@......... together) ::: (merge and dissolve) ::: ..@@@...@@
@@........ (collective body) ::: (rearranged and ..@.@@..@.
@@@....... reordered) ::: (the individual is not @...@@@...
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