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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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