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.^~\=*§@##             .^\*@######@*\^.             ##@§*=\~^.
.....^~~=§         ...^^~*# DREAMS #*~^^...         §=~~^.....
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.^~\=*§@##                .=§###§=.                 ##@§*=\~^.
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......~\*§         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         §*\~......
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.^~\=*§@##            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            ##@§*=\~^.
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.^~\=***@#             .^\*@######@*\^.             #@***=\~^.
.^~\=*§@##                   .~.                    ##@§*=\~^.
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.^~\=*@###                  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.        ##@§*=\~^.
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.^~\=*§@## 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.        ##@§*=\~^.
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.^~\=*§@##                                          ##@§*=\~^.
.^~\=*§@## 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.             ###@§*=\~^
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.^~\=*§@## 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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