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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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...~-†*£&@ 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.        @&£*†-~...
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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 @&£*†-~...
....~-†*£&      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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