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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.        @@@&£†=«^¨
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¨¨¨¨^=†&&# then  the  fear  hits  me   and  i  feel #&&†=^¨¨¨¨
¨^«=£&@###    acutely sick. something is «wrong«.   ###@&£=«^¨
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¨^«=†£&@## 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.            #@@&£†=«^¨
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¨^«=††££&@ 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.         #@&&£†=«^¨
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¨¨¨¨¨«†††& my  surroundings are entirely calm. it's &†††«¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨«=£&              almost mocking.             &£=«¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨^=£&# 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.             &£††††=«^¨
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¨¨¨^^=†††& my eyes are  still tense though, scared. &†††=^^¨¨¨
¨^«=†£&@## i    don't   know    what    to    make. ##@&£†=«^¨
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¨^«=†£&@##              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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