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#@#¤†==^..                 ..†@†..                  ..^==†¤#@#
@#¤†==^...             .^=¤@######@¤=^.             ...^==†¤#@
#@#¤†==^..         ...^^=¤# dreams #¤=^^...         ..^==†¤#@#
##@#¤†==^.             .^=¤@######@¤=^.             .^==†¤#@##
#@#¤†==^..                  ..†@†..                 ..^==†¤#@#
@#¤†==^...                                          ...^==†¤#@
#@#¤†==^..                   .^.                    ..^==†¤#@#
##@#¤†==^.                 .†#####†.                .^==†¤#@##
#@#¤†==^..                   .^.                    ..^==†¤#@#
@#¤†==^...                                          ...^==†¤#@
#@#¤†==^..         internal visionary state         ..^==†¤#@#
##@#¤†==^.                                          .^==†¤#@##
#@#¤†==^..            the spirit travels            ..^==†¤#@#
@#¤†==^...                                          ...^==†¤#@
#@#¤†==^..             .^=¤@######@¤=^.             ..^==†¤#@#
##@#¤†==^.                    .=.                   .^==†¤#@##
#@#¤†==^..                                          ..^==†¤#@#
@#¤†==^...                  a cost                  ...^==†¤#@
#@#¤†==^..                (anecdote)                ..^==†¤#@#
##@#¤†==^.                                          .^==†¤#@##
#@#¤†==^..                    ^^                    ..^==†¤#@#
@#¤†==^...                                          ...^==†¤#@
#@#¤†==^.. 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=.   ...^==†¤#@
#@#¤†==^..                                          ..^==†¤#@#
##@#¤†==^.                    ..                    .^==†¤#@##
#@#¤†==^..                                          ..^==†¤#@#
@#¤†==^... 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.              ..^==†¤#@#
##@#¤†==^.                                          .^==†¤#@##
#@#¤†==^..                     .                    ..^==†¤#@#
@#¤†==^...                  ^^===^^                 ...^==†¤#@
#@#¤†==^..                     .                    ..^==†¤#@#
##@#¤†==^.                                          .^==†¤#@##
#@#¤†==^.. 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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##@#¤†==^.                                          .^==†¤#@##