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....^~*†&@ @&†*~^....
.....^~*†& &†*~^.....
......^~*† #@.....................................@ †*~^......
.......^~* . . *~^.......
........^~ . the dream . ~^........
.......^~* . of being swallowed . *~^.......
......^~*† . by the beast. . †*~^......
.....^~*†& . . &†*~^.....
....^~*†&@ #@.....................................@ @&†*~^....
...^~*†&@@ @@&†*~^...
..^~*†&@@@ # inside ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # @@@&†*~^..
.^~*†&@@@# . an animal . as if . to be safe #@@@&†*~^.
..^~*†&@@@ @@@&†*~^..
...^~*†&@@ ..####@#...###...###. @@&†*~^...
....^~*†&@ ~^.#### ~^.###~^. ####~. @&†*~^....
.....^~*†& ~^.#### ~^.###~^. ####~. &†*~^.....
......^~*† the dream of resting inside another †*~^......
.......^~* animal. thats how it starts, *~^.......
........^~ ~^. with the dream, .^~ ~^........
.......^~* ~^.####~^.###~^.####~. *~^.......
......^~*† but this time i was curious of where it †*~^......
.....^~*†& was going, &†*~^.....
....^~*†&@ @** ~~~~~~~~~~ **@ @&†*~^....
...^~*†&@@ ** ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ** @@&†*~^...
..^~*†&@@@ @@@&†*~^..
.^~*†&@@@# the first gate is the lips #@@@&†*~^.
..^~*†&@@@ @@@&†*~^..
...^~*†&@@ . . to get at the throat. . @@&†*~^...
....^~*†&@ @&†*~^....
.....^~*†& to be falling into the water, the &†*~^.....
......^~*† ocean, the void, but it must be done in †*~^......
.......^~* the right way - in a very specific way. *~^.......
........^~ ~^........
.......^~* *^^^~~~~~~~~~~~****^^^^^^^*^~~~~^^^^^*^ *~^.......
......^~*† ^^^*******^^^^*~^ †*~^......
.....^~*†& ^^^***~~~^*~***~^^^*~~~~*******^ &†*~^.....
....^~*†&@ ^^^^*^~~^**^********** @&†*~^....
...^~*†&@@ ********************* ************* @@&†*~^...
..^~*†&@@@ it's not a bad feeling, at first. it's @@@&†*~^..
.^~*†&@@@# slow... graceful... but then it gets #@@@&†*~^.
..^~*†&@@@ too much and you faint. @@@&†*~^..
...^~*†&@@ *#^^*~^^^^~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~******* @@&†*~^...
....^~*†&@ ************* (you will feel very close @&†*~^....
.....^~*†& to nature) &†*~^.....
......^~*† *#^^*~^^^^~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~******* †*~^......
.......^~* ************* (you will feel very close *~^.......
........^~ to the beast that is everything) ~^........
.......^~* *#^^*~^^^^~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~******* *~^.......
......^~*† ************* (only through its help) †*~^......
.....^~*†& *#^^*~^^^^~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~** (very &†*~^.....
....^~*†&@ hard to get here without the aid of the @&†*~^....
...^~*†&@@ beast) *** (state where the human is @@&†*~^...
..^~*†&@@@ submerged in the animal) *** ** @@@&†*~^..
.^~*†&@@@# (becoming the animal) *** (forget #@@@&†*~^.
..^~*†&@@@ everything else) *** ** (my soul is the @@@&†*~^..
...^~*†&@@ beast's soul) *** (a sludgy sense of @@&†*~^...
....^~*†&@ satisfaction. it's good) *** (it's @&†*~^....
.....^~*†& good) *** ** (breathing heavily) *** &†*~^.....
......^~*† *** ** (the two souls will move †*~^......
.......^~* together) *** (merge and dissolve) *** *~^.......
........^~ (collective body) *** (rearranged and ~^........
.......^~* reordered) *** (the individual is not *~^.......
......^~*† so important) †*~^......
.....^~*†& &†*~^.....
....^~*†&@ @&†*~^....
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