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......-~†= a  dystopian mc donalds toilet steals my =†~-......
.......-~† agency. too much agency already  in this †~-.......
........-~ room. saturated. i can only  do what  it ~-........
.........- wants    in   the    way    it    wants. -.........
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.......-~† ~    †    ~    ~   †    ~    ~    †    ~ †~-.......
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.....-~†=% but:  in  a  miracolous  fraction  of  a %=†~-.....
....-~†=%¤ second,  its true thoughts  slip through ¤%=†~-....
...-~†=%¤# to  me, previously unheard  even  by its #¤%=†~-...
..-~†=%¤## builders (the  room  was thought  to  be ##¤%=†~-..
.-~†=%¤###         without consciousness).          ###¤%=†~-.
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...-~†=%¤# the room  thinks about  creatures  lying #¤%=†~-...
....-~†=%¤ down,   going  off   to   sleep,  making ¤%=†~-....
.....-~†=%  themselves comfortable first... is this %=†~-.....
......-~†= only  optimizing  a resting position for =†~-......
.......-~† the  body?  or  is  there  another  will †~-.......
........-~                 involved?                ~-........
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........-~      a dark listening taking place,      ~-........
.......-~†             a silent concert.            †~-.......
......-~†=                                          =†~-......
.....-~†=% is  there  another  desire  injected  at %=†~-.....
....-~†=%¤   hypnagogia? something from the other   ¤%=†~-....
...-~†=%¤#           side, guiding them,            #¤%=†~-...
..-~†=%¤##          arranging their bodies.         ##¤%=†~-..
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