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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       ......,~/%
/~,.......  circumstances, peculiar ones, folded in .......,~/
%/~,...... 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 ....,~/%%#
%%/~,.....                  twewy                   .....,~/%%
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/~,....... it's  hostile,  maybe  not conscious but .......,~/
%/~,......     active, perceiving, alive in some    ......,~/%
%%/~,..... sense. but i feel as if that might  be a .....,~/%%
#%%/~,....   reduction, that i'm interpreting the   ....,~/%%#
##%%/~,... tip of something  much larger and  alien ...,~/%%##
@##%%/~,.. to   me.  maybe  not  alive,  then,  but ..,~/%%##@
#@##%%/~,.             something worse.             .,~/%%##@#
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##%%/~,...   it appears in it's truest false form   ...,~/%%##
@##%%/~,..  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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