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~^,,,,,,,,  opposer.dream                           ,,,,,,,,^~
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%*:~^,,,,,  intrinsically weaved within the space   ,,,,,^~:*%
@%*:~^,,,, between  what  the  brain constructs and ,,,,^~:*%@
#@%*:~^,,, 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)              ,,,,,,^~:*
:~^,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,^~:
~^,,,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,^~:*%
@%*:~^,,,,                  twewy                   ,,,,^~:*%@
#@%*:~^,,,                                          ,,,^~:*%@#
##@%*:~^,, 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 ,,,,,^~:*%
*:~^,,,,,,             something worse.             ,,,,,,^~:*
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##@%*:~^,,         various forms like these         ,,^~:*%@##
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%*:~^,,,,,                 it morphs                ,,,,,^~:*%
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*:~^,,,,,,   it appears in it's truest false form   ,,,,,,^~:*
:~^,,,,,,,  inscribed all over your vision, in the  ,,,,,,,^~:
~^,,,,,,,, case of nightmares, evil meditation, or  ,,,,,,,,^~
:~^,,,,,,,   drug-induced transcendental states.    ,,,,,,,^~:
*:~^,,,,,, living behind the curtain, so to speak,  ,,,,,,^~:*
%*:~^,,,,, in the liquid between you and the world  ,,,,,^~:*%
@%*:~^,,,,                you're in.                ,,,,^~:*%@
#@%*:~^,,,                                          ,,,^~:*%@#
##@%*:~^,,   but even in calmer times, it's never   ,,^~:*%@##
###@%*:~^, too far away, and you can find yourself  ,^~:*%@###
##@%*:~^,,    transfixed by floor tiles, jewelry    ,,^~:*%@##
#@%*:~^,,,    (totems? charms?), trees, and other   ,,,^~:*%@#
@%*:~^,,,,              such things...              ,,,,^~:*%@
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