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#@#£*^/~.. 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 ..~/^*£#@#
#@#£*^/~..        particular microtonality.         ..~/^*£#@#
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£*/....... my  surroundings are entirely calm. it's ......./*£
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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 ....~^^*##
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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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