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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-. =--.......
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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. †=--......
.......--= =--.......
......--=† 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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