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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.           ....###..#
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.#.##..... 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 .#......#.
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....###..# my surroundings are entirely  calm. it's ..#...#...
....#.##..             almost mocking.              #..#...#..
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......#.## 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.             ##..#..#.#
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.##..#...# 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 .......#..
.....###.. who comes to  close to  your sandwich... ........#.
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