.~~^^*#### ####*^^~~.
.~~^^*##@# #@##*^^~~.
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.~~^^**### ###**^^~~.
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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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.~~^^*##@@ @@##*^^~~.
.~~^^***## VARIOUS FORMS LIKE THESE ##***^^~~.
.~~^^*##@# #@##*^^~~.
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.~~^^*##@# .#@@#^ #@##*^^~~.
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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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