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#%~~,,,,,, INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE ,,,,,,~~%#
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##%%~,,,,, THE SPIRIT TRAVELS ,,,,,~%%##
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##*::~,,,, 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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##*::,,,,, 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 ,,~:%*####
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####*%:~,, MY SURROUNDINGS ARE ENTIRELY CALM. IT'S ,,~:%*####
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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 ,,,,~%*###
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####*%:~,, MY EYES ARE STILL TENSE THOUGH, SCARED. ,,~:%*####
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####*%:~,, I IMAGINE A PRICK ON THE NOSE, THAT'S ,,~:%*####
####*%:~,, WHAT THESE ARE. LIKE YOU DO WITH A CAT ,,~:%*####
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