.:«^†££@##                                          ##@££†^«:.
.:«^†£££££                                          £££££†^«:.
:«^†££@###                                          ###@££†^«:
......«†£#                                          #£†«......
.:«^†££@##                                          ##@££†^«:.
.:«†££@###  opposer.dream                           ###@££†«:.
.:«^††††£@ «««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««« @£††††^«:.
....:::^£@                                          @£^:::....
.....«^^££  intrinsically weaved within the space   ££^^«.....
....:«†££# 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 £††«:.....
.:«^†££@@#                   twewy                  #@@££†^«:.
.:«^^††£££                                          £££††^^«:.
.:«^†££@## 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.             ##@££†^«:.
.:«^†££@##                                          ##@££†^«:.
.:«^†££@@#                                          #@@££†^«:.
..::^^†††£                    :                     £†††^^::..
.....«^†£#                    ^                     #£†^«.....
.......«†£       ..           ††            ..      £†«.......
.....:^^†£       ««««««...   †††        ..«««.      £†^^:.....
.:«^†££@##        «««..     «£££      .....««       ##@££†^«:.
.....«^^†£        ««        ££££«          «.       £†^^«.....
.:«^†££@##        .«       ^££££££         .        ##@££†^«:.
.....:^^£@                   @@@^ ^                 @£^^:.....
.:«^†££@##             ^^     #                     ##@££†^«:.
:«^†££@###        «««£££^^^^†###†   ^£^«««««:       ###@££†^«:
.:«^†££@@#    :::«£££££^^   †####^^^^^£££££†††^:::  #@@££†^«:.
.....::«†£            «      ^#^       ££«««:       £†«::.....
.:«^†££@##                   ^@^  ^                 ##@££†^«:.
.:«^†£££@@        .«       ^£££££^                  @@£££†^«:.
.:«^†£££@@        ««        «£££££         «.       @@£££†^«:.
.:«^†££@##       .««.         £££          ««.      ##@££†^«:.
.:«^†££@##       ««««....     ††«      ..««««««     ##@££†^«:.
.:«^†££@##                    ^^           .....    ##@££†^«:.
.:«^†££@##                    ^                     ##@££†^«:.
:«^†££@###                    :                     ###@££†^«:
.:«^†££@##                                          ##@££†^«:.
.:«^††††££         various forms like these         ££††††^«:.
.:«^†££@##                                          ##@££†^«:.
.:::^††££@                    †#†                   @££††^:::.
..:««^^†£@                  .£##£^                  @£†^^««:..
.:«^†££@@#                   :££:                   #@@££†^«:.
:«^†££@###                    ::                    ###@££†^«:
....«^^££#                    :.                    #££^^«....
......«^£@                    .:                    @£^«......
....«^^†£@                    ::                    @£†^^«....
.:«^†££###                   :££:                   ###££†^«:.
.:«^†££@##    .            .^£##£^.            .    ##@££†^«:.
.:«^†££@##  †#@†«:.. :..:«†@######@†«:.. :..:«†@#†  ##@££†^«:.
.:«^†££@## †##@†«:..: ..:«†@######@†«:..: ..:«†@##† ##@££†^«:.
.:«^†££@##   «.            .^£##£^.            .«   ##@££†^«:.
...:^^£££@                   :££:                   @£££^^:...
....::^£@#                    ::                    #@£^::....
.:«^†££@@@                    :.                    @@@££†^«:.
.......«†£                    .:                    £†«.......
.:«^†££@##                    ::                    ##@££†^«:.
.:«^†££@##                   :££:                   ##@££†^«:.
.:«^†££@##                  ^£##£.                  ##@££†^«:.
.:«^†£@###                   †#†                    ###@£†^«:.
.:«^†££@##                                          ##@££†^«:.
.:«^†££@##                it morphs                 ##@££†^«:.
.:«^†££@##                                          ##@££†^«:.
...««^£££@                    #                     @£££^««...
.....«†££#                    #                     #££†«.....
.:«^†££@##                   ##^                    ##@££†^«:.
.:«^†££@@@                  ^@@@^                   @@@££†^«:.
.:«†££@###               «££«££««£«                 ###@££†«:.
....:«††£@              ««   ††  «««                @£††«:....
.:«^†££@##                  :^^                     ##@££†^«:.
.:«^†££@##                  «««                     ##@££†^«:.
.....:^^†£       ^«       .:::::.      £««          £†^^:.....
.:«^†££@##   †^^@^« «:^^«::.....::««::  «££^^       ##@££†^«:.
.:«^†££@## ††##@@£££«:::«::.. ..::«:::†££££@@####†† ##@££†^«:.
...:«^†£££    ^^@^        .:::::.      ««£@^^††     £££†^«:...
.:«^†££@##       ^         .««««       £«           ##@££†^«:.
.....:«†££                   ^^                     ££†«:.....
.:«^†££@##              ££«  †   «££«               ##@££†^«:.
.....:«†££               «££«£«£££«                 ££†«:.....
.:«^†££££#                 ^££££^                   #££££†^«:.
.:«^†££@##                  ^@@@                    ##@££†^«:.
..:«««†††£                   ##                     £†††«««:..
.:«^†££@##                    #                     ##@££†^«:.
.:«^†££@##                                          ##@££†^«:.
.:«^†££@##   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...              ##@££†^«:.
....«^†££@                                          @££†^«....
.:«^†££@##                                          ##@££†^«:.
.:«^†££@@#                                          #@@££†^«:.
.....:«†£#                                          #£†«:.....
.:«^†££@##                                          ##@££†^«:.