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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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....«\*@§# «    \    «    «    \   «    «    \    « #§@*\«....
.....«\*@§                                          §@*\«.....
......«\*@ 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.            \«........
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......«\*@ is  there  another  desire  injected  at @*\«......
.....«\*@§   hypnagogia? something from the other   §@*\«.....
....«\*@§#           side, guiding them,            #§@*\«....
...«\*@§##         arranging their bodies.          ##§@*\«...
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