....~~/*%@ @%*/~~....
.....~~/*% %*/~~.....
......~~/* */~~......
.......~~/ /~~.......
........~~ ~~........
.........~ #@.....................................@ ~.........
.......... . . ..........
.........~ . 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) %*/~~.....
....~~/*%@ @%*/~~....
...~~/*%@@ @@%*/~~...
..~~/*%@@@ @@@%*/~~..
.~~/*%@@@# #@@@%*/~~.
..~~/*%@@@ @@@%*/~~..