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........^- #&.....................................& -^........
.......^-^              .             .             ^-^.......
......^-^*              . the dream  .              *^-^......
.....^-^*%          . of being swallowed .          %*^-^.....
....^-^*%&             . by the beast. .            &%*^-^....
...^-^*%&@                  .   .                   @&%*^-^...
..^-^*%&@@ #&.....................................& @@&%*^-^..
.^-^*%&@@#                                          #@@&%*^-^.
..^-^*%&@@ #      inside     ----------------     # @@&%*^-^..
...^-^*%&@ .  an  animal  .  as if  .  to  be  safe @&%*^-^...
....^-^*%&                                          &%*^-^....
.....^-^*%          ..####@#...###...###.           %*^-^.....
......^-^* -^.####         -^.###-^.         ####-. *^-^......
.......^-^ -^.####         -^.###-^.         ####-. ^-^.......
........^- the  dream  of  resting  inside  another -^........
.........^ animal.    thats    how    it    starts, ^.........
.......... -^.     with     the      dream,     .^- ..........
.........^          -^.####-^.###-^.####-.          ^.........
........^- but this time i was curious of  where it -^........
.......^-^ was                               going, ^-^.......
......^-^* @^^            ----------            ^^@ *^-^......
.....^-^*% ^^  --  -- -- -- --  -- --  -- -- --  ^^ %*^-^.....
....^-^*%&                                          &%*^-^....
...^-^*%&@ the    first   gate    is    the    lips @&%*^-^...
..^-^*%&@@                                          @@&%*^-^..
.^-^*%&@@# .   .   to   get   at   the  throat.   . #@@&%*^-^.
..^-^*%&@@                                          @@&%*^-^..
...^-^*%&@ to  be   falling  into  the  water,  the @&%*^-^...
....^-^*%& ocean, the void, but it must be done  in &%*^-^....
.....^-^*% the right way - in a  very specific way. %*^-^.....
......^-^*                                          *^-^......
.......^-^ ^^^^-----------^^^^^^^^^^^^^----^^^^^^^  ^-^.......
........^-             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-^            -^........
.........^     ^^^^^^---^^-^^^-^^^^----^^^^^^^^     ^.........
..........          ^^^^^^--^^^^^^^^^^^^^^          ..........
.........^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^.........
........^-  it's not a bad feeling, at first. it's  -^........
.......^-^   slow... graceful... but then it gets   ^-^.......
......^-^*          too much and you faint.         *^-^......
.....^-^*%    ^#^^^-^^^^-^---------------^^^^^^^    %*^-^.....
....^-^*%& ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (you will feel very close  &%*^-^....
...^-^*%&@                to nature)                @&%*^-^...
..^-^*%&@@    ^#^^^-^^^^-^---------------^^^^^^^    @@&%*^-^..
.^-^*%&@@#  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (you will feel very close #@@&%*^-^.
..^-^*%&@@     to the beast that is everything)     @@&%*^-^..
...^-^*%&@    ^#^^^-^^^^-^---------------^^^^^^^    @&%*^-^...
....^-^*%&  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (only through its help)   &%*^-^....
.....^-^*%   ^#^^^-^^^^-^---------------^^ (very    %*^-^.....
......^-^* hard to get here without the aid of the  *^-^......
.......^-^   beast) ^^^ (state where the human is   ^-^.......
........^-     submerged in the animal) ^^^ ^^      -^........
.........^     (becoming the animal) ^^^ (forget    ^.........
..........  everything else) ^^^ ^^ (my soul is the ..........
.........^   beast's soul) ^^^ (a sludgy sense of   ^.........
........^-    satisfaction. it's good) ^^^ (it's    -^........
.......^-^   good) ^^^ ^^ (breathing heavily) ^^^   ^-^.......
......^-^*     ^^^ ^^ (the two souls will move      *^-^......
.....^-^*%  together) ^^^ (merge and dissolve) ^^^  %*^-^.....
....^-^*%&  (collective body) ^^^ (rearranged and   &%*^-^....
...^-^*%&@  reordered) ^^^ (the individual is not   @&%*^-^...
..^-^*%&@@               so important)              @@&%*^-^..
.^-^*%&@@#                                          #@@&%*^-^.
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...^-^*%&@                                          @&%*^-^...
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