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.....^~%$&         ...^^~$# dreams #$~^^...         &$%~^.....
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.....^~%$&         internal visionary state         &$%~^.....
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...^~%$&¶#            the spirit travels            #¶&$%~^...
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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.        &$%~^.....
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...^~%$&¶# 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, $%~^......
.......^~%     their internal logic changing and    %~^.......
........^~ grinding  trenches in my mind. it's like ~^........
.........^ language,  sentences i  can't hide from, ^.........
........^~ forcefully  transcribed in  my mind, and ~^........
.......^~%           doing damage there.            %~^.......
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.....^~%$& 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.         ###¶&$%~^.
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...^~%$&¶#                    ^^                    #¶&$%~^...
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.....^~%$& 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.             ##¶&$%~^..
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..^~%$&¶## 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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