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###@#@/~.¨ ¨.~/@#@###
####@=/~.¨ ¨.~/=@####
##@#@=/~.¨ ¨.~/=@#@##
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##@#@=/~.¨ ¨ ¨ ¨.~/=@#@##
##=/.¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ the dream ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨./=##
###=~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ of being swallowed ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~=###
#==//.¨¨¨¨ ¨ by the beast. ¨ ¨¨¨¨.//==#
##@#@=/~.¨ ¨ ¨ ¨.~/=@#@##
@@@==/..¨¨ ##¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨# ¨¨../==@@@
###@@=/~.¨ ¨.~/=@@###
##@#@=/~.¨ # inside ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # ¨.~/=@#@##
@@@=/..¨¨¨ ¨ an animal ¨ as if ¨ to be safe ¨¨¨../=@@@
@@@@@=/~.¨ ¨.~/=@@@@@
##@#@=/~.¨ ¨¨######¨¨¨###¨¨¨###¨ ¨.~/=@#@##
###@@=/~.¨ ~.¨#### ~.¨###~.¨ ####~¨ ¨.~/=@@###
##@#@=/~.¨ ~.¨#### ~.¨###~.¨ ####~¨ ¨.~/=@#@##
##@#@=/~.¨ 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, ¨.~/=@####
#@/~~~¨¨¨¨ #// ~~~~~~~~~~ //# ¨¨¨¨~~~/@#
##@#@=/~.¨ // ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ // ¨.~/=@#@##
#===//.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.//===#
#=/~.¨¨¨¨¨ the first gate is the lips ¨¨¨¨¨.~/=#
#@@/~~~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~~~/@@#
##@#@=/~.¨ ¨ ¨ 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. ¨.~/=@#@##
##@#@=/~.¨ ¨.~/=@#@##
##@#@=/~.¨ /...~~~~~~~~~~~////......./.~~~~...../. ¨.~/=@#@##
@##@///~.¨ ...///////..../~. ¨.~///@##@
#=~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ...///~~~./~///~.../~~~~///////. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~=#
#@@=/~¨¨¨¨ ..../.~~.//.////////// ¨¨¨¨~/=@@#
##@#@=/~.¨ ///////////////////// ///////////// ¨.~/=@#@##
#@=~..¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨.~/=@#@##
##@#@=/~.¨ so important) ¨.~/=@#@##
##@@@=/~.¨ ¨.~/=@@@##
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####@=/~.¨ ¨.~/=@####
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