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..~«:%@§¶@ between  what  the brain  constructs and @¶§@%:«~..
.~«:%@§¶@# the real, the  space  which  we  usually #@¶§@%:«~.
..~«:%@§¶@      call the aether, distortions,       @¶§@%:«~..
...~«:%@§¶        anomalies, can appear under       ¶§@%:«~...
....~«:%@§ circumstances, peculiar ones, folded in  §@%:«~....
.....~«:%@ like  liquid  crystals, appearing as  if @%:«~.....
......~«:% you suddenly rotate  your head  in  some %:«~......
.....~«:%@ fourth  dimension (usually more or  less @%:«~.....
....~«:%@§              uncomfortable)              §@%:«~....
...~«:%@§¶                                          ¶§@%:«~...
..~«:%@§¶@ the opposer looks like a concave  square @¶§@%:«~..
.~«:%@§¶@# balancing  on  a   corner,  with   round #@¶§@%:«~.
..~«:%@§¶@ cutouts  along its edges  making it look @¶§@%:«~..
...~«:%@§¶ like a pointy cross, or  something  from ¶§@%:«~...
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......~«:% it's  hostile, maybe  not conscious  but %:«~......
.....~«:%@     active, perceiving, alive in some    @%:«~.....
....~«:%@§ sense. but i feel as if that  might be a §@%:«~....
...~«:%@§¶   reduction, that i'm interpreting the   ¶§@%:«~...
..~«:%@§¶@ tip of  something  much larger and alien @¶§@%:«~..
.~«:%@§¶@# to  me.  maybe   not  alive,  then,  but #@¶§@%:«~.
..~«:%@§¶@             something worse.             @¶§@%:«~..
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..~«:%@§¶@   it appears in it's truest false form   @¶§@%:«~..
...~«:%@§¶  inscribed all over your vision, in the  ¶§@%:«~...
....~«:%@§ case of nightmares, evil meditation, or  §@%:«~....
.....~«:%@   drug-induced transcendental states.    @%:«~.....
......~«:%  living behind the curtain, so to speak, %:«~......
.....~«:%@  in the liquid between you and the world @%:«~.....
....~«:%@§                you're in.                §@%:«~....
...~«:%@§¶                                          ¶§@%:«~...
..~«:%@§¶@   but even in calmer times, it's never   @¶§@%:«~..
.~«:%@§¶@# too far away, and you can find yourself  #@¶§@%:«~.
..~«:%@§¶@    transfixed by floor tiles, jewelry    @¶§@%:«~..
...~«:%@§¶    (totems? charms?), trees, and other   ¶§@%:«~...
....~«:%@§              such things...              §@%:«~....
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