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#@&$///~^. INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE .^~///$&@#
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##@&$*/~^. CONSCIOUSNESS AND MY BODY. .^~/*$&@##
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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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#@&*//~^^. PARTICULAR MICROTONALITY. .^^~//*&@#
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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, ...^^//*&@
#&&$*~.... DOUBTING ANYTHING OF THIS HAPPENED IN ....~*$&&#
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##@&$*/~^. WHEN DREAMING? .^~/*$&@##
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&&&&$*/~^. WHAT THESE ARE. LIKE YOU DO WITH A CAT .^~/*$&&&&
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