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...^~/$¤&# a dystopian mc donalds toilet steals  my #&¤$/~^...
....^~/$¤& agency.  too much agency already in this &¤$/~^....
.....^~/$¤ room.  saturated. i can  only do what it ¤$/~^.....
......^~/$ wants    in    the    way   it    wants. $/~^......
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........^~ ~    /    ~    ~    /    ~    ~    /   ~ ~^........
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.......... but:  in  a  miracolous  fraction  of  a ..........
.........^ second,  its true thoughts slip  through ^.........
........^~ to  me, previously  unheard even  by its ~^........
.......^~/ builders  (the  room was  thought to  be /~^.......
......^~/$         without consciousness).          $/~^......
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....^~/$¤& the  room  thinks  about creatures lying &¤$/~^....
...^~/$¤&# down,   going  off   to  sleep,   making #&¤$/~^...
..^~/$¤&## themselves comfortable first... is this  ##&¤$/~^..
.^~/$¤&### only  optimizing  a resting position for ###&¤$/~^.
..^~/$¤&## the  body?  or  is  there  another  will ##&¤$/~^..
...^~/$¤&#                involved?                 #&¤$/~^...
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.....^~/$¤      a dark listening taking place,      ¤$/~^.....
......^~/$            a silent concert.             $/~^......
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........^~ is  there  another  desire  injected  at ~^........
.........^   hypnagogia? something from the other   ^.........
..........            side, guiding them,           ..........
.........^         arranging their bodies.          ^.........
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