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....~«=*@#             .             .              #@*=«~....
...~«=*@##              . 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. *=«~......
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.........~  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)              @*=«~.....
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..~«=*@###                                          ###@*=«~..
.~«=*@####                                          ####@*=«~.
..~«=*@###                                          ###@*=«~..