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....:=\§@§         ...::=@@ dreams @@=::...         §@§\=:....
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..:=\§@§##                    .:.                   ##§@§\=:..
.:=\§@§###                                          ###§@§\=:.
..:=\§@§##         internal visionary state         ##§@§\=:..
...:=\§@§#                                          #§@§\=:...
....:=\§@§            the spirit travels            §@§\=:....
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.....:=\§@                   .=.                    @§\=:.....
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...:=\§@§#                  a cost                  #§@§\=:...
..:=\§@§##                (anecdote)                ##§@§\=:..
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..:=\§@§##                    ::                    ##§@§\=:..
...:=\§@§#                                          #§@§\=:...
....:=\§@§ i  wake  suddenly,  and  for  a   second §@§\=:....
.....:=\§@ everything is  completely calm and  dead @§\=:.....
......:=\§ silent.  it's  dark,  and  warm,  and  i §\=:......
.....:=\§@ slowly  start  to  piece   together   my @§\=:.....
....:=\§@§        consciousness and my body.        §@§\=:....
...:=\§@§#                                          #§@§\=:...
..:=\§@§## then  the  fear  hits  me  and   i  feel ##§@§\=:..
.:=\§@§###   acutely sick. something is =wrong=.    ###§@§\=:.
..:=\§@§##                                          ##§@§\=:..
...:=\§@§#                    ..                    #§@§\=:...
....:=\§@§                                          §@§\=:....
.....:=\§@ there  are circles and crosses inscribed @§\=:.....
......:=\§ all over my vision,  pressing in,  being §\=:......
.....:=\§@ almost hostile. i can feel them  squirm, @§\=:.....
....:=\§@§     their internal logic changing and    §@§\=:....
...:=\§@§# grinding trenches in my mind.  it's like #§@§\=:...
..:=\§@§## language,  sentences i  can't hide from, ##§@§\=:..
.:=\§@§### forcefully transcribed  in  my mind, and ###§@§\=:.
..:=\§@§##           doing damage there.            ##§@§\=:..
...:=\§@§#                                          #§@§\=:...
....:=\§@§ then  i realize  i  can't  hear anything §@§\=:....
.....:=\§@      because there's something there     @§\=:.....
......:=\§    already, droning everything out, a    §\=:......
.....:=\§@ rapid  melody,  almost  caustic  in it's @§\=:.....
....:=\§@§        particular microtonality.         §@§\=:....
...:=\§@§#                                          #§@§\=:...
..:=\§@§##                    ::                    ##§@§\=:..
.:=\§@§###                                          ###§@§\=:.
..:=\§@§## my  surroundings are entirely calm. it's ##§@§\=:..
...:=\§@§#              almost mocking.             #§@§\=:...
....:=\§@§                                          §@§\=:....
.....:=\§@ i  feel  helpless,  but  i must  try  to @§\=:.....
......:=\§ escape. to crawl on  the floor searching §\=:......
.....:=\§@ relief, such is my nature.  turning  the @§\=:.....
....:=\§@§    lights on does nothing... getting     §@§\=:....
...:=\§@§#  outside does nothing... drinking water  #§@§\=:...
..:=\§@§## does  noting... but  time  does  - after ##§@§\=:..
.:=\§@§###     thirty seconds i'm normal again,     ###§@§\=:.
..:=\§@§## doubting  anything  of  this happened in ##§@§\=:..
...:=\§@§#             the first place.             #§@§\=:...
....:=\§@§                                          §@§\=:....
.....:=\§@ my  eyes are still tense though, scared. @§\=:.....
......:=\§ i    don't    know   what    to    make. §\=:......
.....:=\§@                                          @§\=:.....
....:=\§@§              but i'm tired.              §@§\=:....
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.:=\§@§###                  ::=\=::                 ###§@§\=:.
..:=\§@§##                     .                    ##§@§\=:..
...:=\§@§#                                          #§@§\=:...
....:=\§@§ this  can happen  if you wander too far, §@§\=:....
.....:=\§@ i  guess?  i shouldn't  be  so  reckless @§\=:.....
......:=\§              when dreaming?              §\=:......
.....:=\§@ i  imagine  a prick  on the nose, that's @§\=:.....
....:=\§@§ what  these  are. like you do with a cat §@§\=:....
...:=\§@§# who  comes to close to your  sandwich... #§@§\=:...
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