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%§†-:..... internal visionary state .....:-†§%
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#@%§†-:... the spirit travels ...:-†§%@#
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@%§†-:.... a cost ....:-†§%@
%§†-:..... (anecdote) .....:-†§%
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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. ..........
.......... ..........
:......... 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. ....:-†§%@
%§†-:..... .....:-†§%
§†-:...... 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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