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....~~~~$@         ...^^~%# DREAMS #%~^^...         @$~~~~....
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.^~$%@####         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ####@%$~^.
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.^^^~$%%@#            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            #@%%$~^^^.
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.^~*%@####             .^*%########%*^.             ####@%*~^.
.^~*$%@###                    .~.                   ###@%$*~^.
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.....^~$@#                  A COST                  #@$~^.....
.^~*$%@###                (ANECDOTE)                ###@%$*~^.
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.^~*$%####                    ^^                    ####%$*~^.
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...^~$$%## I  WAKE  SUDDENLY,  AND  FOR   A  SECOND ##%$$~^...
.^~*$%@### EVERYTHING  IS COMPLETELY CALM AND  DEAD ###@%$*~^.
.^~*$%@### SILENT.  IT'S  DARK,  AND  WARM,  AND  I ###@%$*~^.
.^~*$%#### SLOWLY  START  TO   PIECE   TOGETHER  MY ####%$*~^.
.^~**$$@##        CONSCIOUSNESS AND MY BODY.        ##@$$**~^.
.^~*$%@###                                          ###@%$*~^.
.^~*$%@### THEN  THE  FEAR  HITS   ME  AND  I  FEEL ###@%$*~^.
.^~*$%@###    ACUTELY SICK. SOMETHING IS ~WRONG~.   ###@%$*~^.
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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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.....^~$@@ THEN  I  REALIZE I  CAN'T HEAR  ANYTHING @@$~^.....
.^~*$%@###      BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THERE     ###@%$*~^.
.^~*$%@###    ALREADY, DRONING EVERYTHING OUT, A    ###@%$*~^.
.^~*$%@### RAPID MELODY,  ALMOST  CAUSTIC  IN  IT'S ###@%$*~^.
.^~*$%@###         PARTICULAR MICROTONALITY.        ###@%$*~^.
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.....^**$@ MY SURROUNDINGS ARE ENTIRELY  CALM. IT'S @$**^.....
.....~$$$@             ALMOST MOCKING.              @$$$~.....
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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  ####@%*~^.
.^~*$%@### DOES NOTING...  BUT  TIME DOES  -  AFTER ###@%$*~^.
.^~*$%####     THIRTY SECONDS I'M NORMAL AGAIN,     ####%$*~^.
.^*$%@#### DOUBTING ANYTHING  OF  THIS  HAPPENED IN ####@%$*^.
.^~*$%@###             THE FIRST PLACE.             ###@%$*~^.
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....^^~$@# MY EYES  ARE STILL TENSE THOUGH, SCARED. #@$~^^....
.^~*$%@### I   DON'T    KNOW    WHAT    TO    MAKE. ###@%$*~^.
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.^~*$%@###              BUT I'M TIRED.              ###@%$*~^.
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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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