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§$::^^....         ...^^«$# dreams #$«^^...         ....^^::$§
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##@§$§:«^.         internal visionary state         .^«:§$§@##
#§$§§§:«^.                                          .^«:§§§$§#
§$§««.....            the spirit travels            .....««§$§
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##@§$§:«^.             .^:$@######@$:^.             .^«:§$§@##
##@§$§:«^.                    .«.                   .^«:§$§@##
#@@§$§:«^.                                          .^«:§$§@@#
#@§§$§:«^.                  a cost                  .^«:§$§§@#
@§§§§::«^.                (anecdote)                .^«::§§§§@
##@§$§:«^.                                          .^«:§$§@##
#@@§$§:«^.                    ^^                    .^«:§$§@@#
##@§$§:«^.                                          .^«:§$§@##
@@§§$§:«^. i   wake  suddenly,  and  for  a  second .^«:§$§§@@
@$$::^^... everything  is completely calm and  dead ...^^::$$@
@$§§«^.... silent.  it's  dark,  and  warm,  and  i ....^«§§$@
@$§§:^.... slowly  start   to  piece  together   my ....^:§§$@
§§§§§:««^.        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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#§$:««^^^.                                          .^^^««:$§#
#§§§«.....                                          .....«§§§#
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