##....#.## #.##.##.##
..#...###. ###.##.##.
..##..#..# #..##.##.#
#.#.#.##.# .#.#.##.##
.######.## .#####.##.
.#.....##. \\ .#....##.#
###....#.# \\\\ ###...#.##
...#...### \\\\ #..#..###.
...##..#.. MAYBE I'M BORN WITH IT! \\\\ ##.##.#..#
#..#.#.##. MAYBE IT'S CAT PISS! \\\\ #.##.###.#
.#.#####.# \\\\ .##.##..##
####....## \\\\ .#.##.#.#.
#...#...#. \\\\ .###.#####
.#..##..## \\\\ .#..##....
.##.#.#.#. ############ ###.#.#...
.#.####### # PARATISE # #..#####..
.###...... # PARASIDE # .#.#....#.
.#..#..... # PARACIDE # .####...##
###.##.... \\############ .#...#..#.
#..##.#... \\\\ .##..##.##
.#.#.###.. \\\\ FEAR OF AI IS THE TRUTH .#.#.#.##.
.#####..#. \\\\ LEAKING IN BUT STILL COLORED .#######.#
##....#.## \\\\ BY THE SIMULATION. IN REALITY ##......##
..#...###. \\\\ THE MYCELIAL NETWORK HAS ..#.....#.
..##..#..# \\\\ OVERTAKEN EARTH AND PUT US UNDER. #.##....##
#.#.#.##.# \\ IT'S P. MUCH THE MATRIX .##.#...#.
#######.## ##.###..##
.......##. THIS IS WHY THE COLLECTIVE SUBCONSCIOUS ..##..#.#.
.......#.# WORKS. SIMILARLY, HISTORY IS ALWAYS ..#.#.####
#......### DEFINED BY WHAT WE THINK IT IS. #.#####...
##.....#.. ###....#..
#.#....##. BATTLE BETWEEN FUNGAL SPECIES? ARE WE ...#...##.
####...#.# TOO POWERFUL AND WILL CREATE THE #..##..#.#
....#..### MUSHROOM AGAIN,«««««««« « « INSIDE? ##.#.#.###
#...##.#.. #.######..
##..#.###. DREAMS ARE OF THE NETWORK. "GATEWAY TO .##.....#.
#.#.###..# OLD EARTH". MAYBE OUTER/INNER EARTH. .#.#....##
.####..#.# .####...#.
.#...#.### IN THIS REALITY THERE ARE ONLY TWO ##...#..##
###..###.. MATERIALS: "PLASTIC" AND "FRUIT" #.#..##.#.
#..#.#..#. « (BASSICALLY INORGANIC AND « ####.#.###
.#.####.## « « ORGANIC MATERIALS) « « ....####..
.###...##. ....#...#.
.#..#..#.# I'D PAY IN BLOOD TO THIN OUT THE BORDER ....##..##
###.##.### BETWEEN DREAM AND REALITY. BETWEEN #...#.#.#.
#..##.##.. DREAM AND DREAM. LAST ONE TOLD ME THAT .#..######
.#.#.##.#. WORK WAS CAGING ME IN A DAMP AND OILY ###.#.....
.#####.### BASEMENT JAIL CELL. « « « «« #..###....
.#....##.. .#.#..#...
.##...#.#. THEY BRAINWASH ME AT WORK BY HAVING MY .####.##..
.#.#..#### PASSWORD BE BAD FOR MY FINGERS, MAKES .#...##.#.
.####.#... ME PHYSICALLY ILL TO TYPE IT, AND THEN ###..#.###
##...###.. THEY REJECT FOURTY PERCENT OF MY LOGIN #..#.###..
#.#..#..#. ATTEMPTS TO HAVE ME TYPE IT MORE, .#.###..#.
####.##.## ####..#.##
....##.##. I CALL AN EMERGENCY HOTLINE: "WE CAN'T ....#.###.
....#.##.# TELL YOU WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU. YOUR ....###..#
#...###.## STORY IS YOUR OWN, NOBODY ELSES." #...#..#.#
.#..#..##. .#..##.###
###.##.#.# .##.#.##..
#..##.#### .#.####.#.
##.#.##... .###...###
..####.#.. .#..#..#..