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###@%=\~.¨ INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE ¨.~\=%@###
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###@%=\~.¨ THE SPIRIT TRAVELS ¨.~\=%@###
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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. ¨.~\=%####
#%==\.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.\==%#
###@%=\~.¨ 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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####@%=\~. MY SURROUNDINGS ARE ENTIRELY CALM. IT'S .~\=%@####
###@%=\~.¨ ALMOST MOCKING. ¨.~\=%@###
###@%=\~.¨ ¨.~\=%@###
###@%=\~.¨ 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. ¨.~~\\\==@
####@=\~.¨ ¨.~\=@####
@=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨.~\=%@###
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