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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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##£&§=†=,. 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 ..,=†=§&£#
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&§=†=,....  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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#£&§=†=,.. 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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