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#@##%%/~,,  opposer.dream                           ,,~/%%##@#
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##@##%/~,,   intrinsically weaved within the space  ,,~/%##@##
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@@##%%/~,, the  real,  the  space  which we usually ,,~/%%##@@
##%%%//~,,       call the aether, distortions,      ,,~//%%%##
##%%//~,,,        anomalies, can appear under       ,,,~//%%##
#@##%%/~,,  circumstances, peculiar ones, folded in ,,~/%%##@#
#@##%%/~,, like  liquid  crystals,  appearing as if ,,~/%%##@#
#%%%%//~,, you  suddenly rotate  your  head in some ,,~//%%%%#
@@##%%/~,, fourth dimension  (usually more or  less ,,~/%%##@@
##@##%%/~,              uncomfortable)              ,~/%%##@##
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#@##%%/~,, the  opposer looks like a concave square ,,~/%%##@#
#@##%%/~,, balancing   on  a  corner,   with  round ,,~/%%##@#
#%%%%%/~,, cutouts  along its  edges making it look ,,~/%%%%%#
@@##%%/~,, like a pointy cross,  or something  from ,,~/%%##@@
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##%~~,,,,, it's  hostile,  maybe  not conscious but ,,,,,~~%##
#%%%~,,,,,    active, perceiving, alive in some     ,,,,,~%%%#
@@##%%/~,, sense. but i feel as if  that might be a ,,~/%%##@@
##%~,,,,,,   reduction, that i'm interpreting the   ,,,,,,~%##
#@##%%/~,, tip  of  something much larger and alien ,,~/%%##@#
#@##%%/~,, to   me.  maybe  not  alive,  then,  but ,,~/%%##@#
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#@##%%/~,, case of nightmares, evil meditation, or  ,,~/%%##@#
##@#%%/~,,   drug-induced transcendental states.    ,,~/%%#@##
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@#%//~,,,, too far away, and you can find yourself  ,,,,~//%#@
####%%/~,,    transfixed by floor tiles, jewelry    ,,~/%%####
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