.,~\*%#¶@# #@¶#%*\~,.
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.,~\*%#¶@# #@¶#%*\~,.
.,~\*%#¶@# #@¶#%*\~,.
.,~\*%#¶@# #@¶#%*\~,.
.....~*%#@ opposer.dream @#%*~.....
.,~\***%#@ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @#%***\~,.
.,~\*%#¶@# #@¶#%*\~,.
.,~\*%#¶@# 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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.,~\*%#¶@# , #@¶#%*\~,.
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.,~\*%#¶@# ~~~.. ~%%% .....~~ #@¶#%*\~,.
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.,~\*%#¶@# \ #@¶#%*\~,.
.,~\*%#¶@# , #@¶#%*\~,.
.,~\*%#¶¶¶ ¶¶¶#%*\~,.
.,~\*%#¶@# various forms like these #@¶#%*\~,.
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.,~\*%¶@## *#* ##@¶%*\~,.
.,~\*%#¶@# .#@@#\ #@¶#%*\~,.
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...~~~~~*# ,, #*~~~~~...
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.,~\*%#¶@@ ., @@¶#%*\~,.
.,~\*%#¶## ,, ##¶#%*\~,.
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.,~\*%#¶@@ *#* @@¶#%*\~,.
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.,~\***%%¶ ¶%%***\~,.
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.,~\*%#¶@# ~%%~%~%%%~ #@¶#%*\~,.
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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... @#**\~....
.,~\*%#¶@@ @@¶#%*\~,.
.,~\*%#¶@# #@¶#%*\~,.
.,~\***#¶¶ ¶¶#***\~,.
..,~~*%##@ @##%*~~,..
.,~~~\\\%# #%\\\~~~,.