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&$====¨¨¨¨  OPPOSER.DREAM                           ¨¨¨¨====$&
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###&$===~¨   INTRINSICALLY WEAVED WITHIN THE SPACE  ¨~===$&###
&====~¨¨¨¨ BETWEEN  WHAT  THE BRAIN  CONSTRUCTS AND ¨¨¨¨~====&
&&===¨¨¨¨¨ THE REAL, THE  SPACE  WHICH  WE  USUALLY ¨¨¨¨¨===&&
#@#&$===~¨       CALL THE AETHER, DISTORTIONS,      ¨~===$&#@#
#@#&$===~¨       ANOMALIES, CAN APPEAR UNDER        ¨~===$&#@#
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#@#&$===~¨ LIKE  LIQUID  CRYSTALS, APPEARING  AS IF ¨~===$&#@#
#@#&$===~¨ YOU SUDDENLY  ROTATE  YOUR  HEAD IN SOME ¨~===$&#@#
#@#&$===~¨ FOURTH DIMENSION (USUALLY  MORE  OR LESS ¨~===$&#@#
#&&$$===~¨              UNCOMFORTABLE)              ¨~===$$&&#
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#@#&$===~¨ THE OPPOSER LOOKS  LIKE A CONCAVE SQUARE ¨~===$&#@#
##@#$===~¨ BALANCING  ON   A  CORNER,   WITH  ROUND ¨~===$#@##
###&$===~¨ CUTOUTS  ALONG  ITS EDGES MAKING IT LOOK ¨~===$&###
#@#&$===~¨ LIKE  A POINTY CROSS, OR SOMETHING  FROM ¨~===$&#@#
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#@#&$===~¨ SENSE. BUT  I FEEL AS IF THAT MIGHT BE A ¨~===$&#@#
###&$===~¨   REDUCTION, THAT I'M INTERPRETING THE   ¨~===$&###
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###&$===~¨ TO  ME.  MAYBE  NOT   ALIVE,  THEN,  BUT ¨~===$&###
#@#&$===~¨             SOMETHING WORSE.             ¨~===$&#@#
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@@#&$===~¨  INSCRIBED ALL OVER YOUR VISION, IN THE  ¨~===$&#@@
#@#&$===~¨ CASE OF NIGHTMARES, EVIL MEDITATION, OR  ¨~===$&#@#
#@#&$===~¨   DRUG-INDUCED TRANSCENDENTAL STATES.    ¨~===$&#@#
###&$===~¨  LIVING BEHIND THE CURTAIN, SO TO SPEAK, ¨~===$&###
&&===~¨¨¨¨  IN THE LIQUID BETWEEN YOU AND THE WORLD ¨¨¨¨~===&&
#@#&$===~¨                YOU'RE IN.                ¨~===$&#@#
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@&==~¨¨¨¨¨   BUT EVEN IN CALMER TIMES, IT'S NEVER   ¨¨¨¨¨~==&@
@@#&$===~¨  TOO FAR AWAY, AND YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF ¨~===$&#@@
#@#&$===~¨    TRANSFIXED BY FLOOR TILES, JEWELRY    ¨~===$&#@#
@&$$====~¨   (TOTEMS? CHARMS?), TREES, AND OTHER    ¨~====$$&@
###&$===~¨              SUCH THINGS...              ¨~===$&###
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