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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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