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.,«†=@#### SILENT.  IT'S  DARK,  AND  WARM,  AND  I ####@=†«,.
.,«†=@&### SLOWLY  START   TO  PIECE   TOGETHER  MY ###&@=†«,.
.,«†=@&###        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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....,«=@@& 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, #&@†««,...
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.,«†=@&###    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 ###&@=†«,.
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.,«†=@&### RELIEF, SUCH  IS MY  NATURE. TURNING THE ###&@=†«,.
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....,,††=& DOES  NOTING...  BUT  TIME DOES -  AFTER &=††,,....
..,,««†=@&     THIRTY SECONDS I'M NORMAL AGAIN,     &@=†««,,..
.,«†=@&### DOUBTING  ANYTHING OF  THIS HAPPENED  IN ###&@=†«,.
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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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