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.^=*%##@##         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ##@##%*=^.
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.^=*%@@@@#            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            #@@@@%*=^.
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.^=*%@####             .^*@#@####@#@*^.             ####@%*=^.
.^=*%@##@#                    .=.                   #@##@%*=^.
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.^=*%@##@@                  A COST                  @@##@%*=^.
.^=*%@##@#                (ANECDOTE)                #@##@%*=^.
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.^=*%@##@#                    ^^                    #@##@%*=^.
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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.           #@##@%*=^.
.^=*%@##@#                                          #@##@%*=^.
.....^*%@# 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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.^=*%@##@#                    ^^                    #@##@%*=^.
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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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