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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 #¤%;-~....
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......~-;% 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. #¤%;-~....
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..~-;%¤### THEN I REALIZE I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING ###¤%;-~..
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..~-;%¤### ALREADY, DRONING EVERYTHING OUT, A ###¤%;-~..
...~-;%¤## RAPID MELODY, ALMOST CAUSTIC IN IT'S ##¤%;-~...
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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 %;-~......
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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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