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##@£&§%^~^ 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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&§§^~¨¨¨¨¨ 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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£&%%^^^~^¨             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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