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....~~//%& OK  THIS IS SO  WEIRD  FOR  ME,  HOLD ON &%//~~....
...~///*%&                                          &%*///~...
......~/*& I'M IN A  FUNNEL,  I'M  IN ONE OF  THOSE &*/~......
....~~~/%@      SPEED METER THINGS, I'M ZOOMING     @%/~~~....
.~~/*%&@##     THROUGH, NEVER REACHING THE END      ##@&%*/~~.
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.~~~~/*&&# AND NOW THE  WIND  IS  CONSCIOUSNESS AND #&&*/~~~~.
...~//*%%@ THE FUNNEL  IS MY BODY - WHEN I'M INSIDE @%%*//~...
~~/*%&@### I FAIL  TO  SEE  THAT  I'M ALL THE  SAME ###@&%*/~~
.~~/*%&@##          THING, WE'RE THE SAME           ##@&%*/~~.
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.~~/*%&@## ONE  WINTER  DAY  I  THINK  YEAR  TWENTY ##@&%*/~~.
.~~/*%&@## ELEVEN OR MAYBE  EARLIER, POSSIBLY  MUCH ##@&%*/~~.
...~~~**%@ EARLIER, I WALKED OUT ALONE ON THE  LAKE @%**~~~...
.~~/*%&@## FOLLOWING   A   FOX   TRAIL,    A   THIN ##@&%*/~~.
.....~/%@@ SNOW-COVERED  ICE,  A STUPID  GIRL,  AND @@%/~.....
.~~/*%&@## THE FOX WRAPS HIS TAIL  AROUND  ME, IT'S ##@&%*/~~.
.~~/*%&@## IMPOSSIBLY LARGE, AND  I'M BURROWED,  IT ##@&%*/~~.
..~~~~/%%&       FEELS NICE, AND THAT'S THAT        &%%/~~~~..
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