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†«-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ everything  is completely calm and  dead ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-«†
«-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ silent.  it's  dark,  and  warm,  and  i ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-«
†«-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ slowly  start  to  piece   together   my ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-«†
¤†«-¨¨¨¨¨¨        consciousness and my body.        ¨¨¨¨¨¨-«†¤
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#@£¤†«-¨¨¨    acutely sick. something is «wrong«.   ¨¨¨-«†¤£@#
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£¤†«-¨¨¨¨¨ 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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#@£¤†«-¨¨¨      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 ¨¨¨¨¨-«†¤£
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#@£¤†«-¨¨¨  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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¤†«-¨¨¨¨¨¨ i    don't   know    what    to    make. ¨¨¨¨¨¨-«†¤
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«-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨              but i'm tired.              ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-«
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###@£¤†«-¨ 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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