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&@%=~^¨¨¨¨         internal visionary state         ¨¨¨¨^~=%@&
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@£&@%=~^¨¨            the spirit travels            ¨¨^~=%@&£@
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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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&@%=~^¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨^~=%@&£@
£&@%=~^¨¨¨             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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