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...~~---†¤         ...~~-%# dreams #%-~~...         ¤†---~~...
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.~-:†%¤¶¶¶                    .~.                   ¶¶¶¤%†:-~.
.~-:†%¤¶##                                          ##¶¤%†:-~.
.~-:†%¤¶##         internal visionary state         ##¶¤%†:-~.
.~--::::%¶                                          ¶%::::--~.
.~-:†%¤¶##            the spirit travels            ##¶¤%†:-~.
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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.        #¶¶¤%†:-~.
.~-:†%¤¶##                                          ##¶¤%†:-~.
...~~-††¤# 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.            #¤¤†††:-~.
..~--:%%%¤                                          ¤%%%:--~..
.....~:†%¤ 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.        #¶¶¤%†:-~.
.~-:†%%%¶#                                          #¶%%%†:-~.
.~-:†%¤¶##                    ~~                    ##¶¤%†:-~.
.~-:†%¤###                                          ###¤%†:-~.
.~-:†%¤¶## 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.             ¶%†-......
.~-:†%¤¶##                                          ##¶¤%†:-~.
.~-:†%¤¶## my eyes  are still tense though, scared. ##¶¤%†:-~.
...---†¤¶¶ i    don't    know   what    to    make. ¶¶¤†---...
.~-:†%¤¶##                                          ##¶¤%†:-~.
.~-:†%¤¶##              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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