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¨:«†%§§@@@         ¨¨¨::«§# dreams #§«::¨¨¨         @@@§§%†«:¨
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¨:«†%%§§§§         internal visionary state         §§§§%%†«:¨
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¨¨¨¨:††%§@            the spirit travels            @§%††:¨¨¨¨
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¨:«†%§§@##                  a cost                  ##@§§%†«:¨
¨¨¨¨¨::†%§                (anecdote)                §%†::¨¨¨¨¨
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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.        @§§††:¨¨¨¨
¨:«†%§§@##                                          ##@§§%†«:¨
¨:«†%§§@@@ 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.         ###§§%†«:¨
¨:«†%§§§§@                                          @§§§§%†«:¨
¨:«†%§§@##                    ::                    ##@§§%†«:¨
¨:«†%§§@##                                          ##@§§%†«:¨
¨:«†%§§@## 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. ##@§§%†«:¨
¨:«†%§§@##                                          ##@§§%†«:¨
¨:«†%§§@##              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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¨:«†%§§@@@                                          @@@§§%†«:¨