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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. #@##¤*^-,.
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....,^*¤¤# then the fear hits me and i feel #¤¤*^,....
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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. ####¤*^-,.
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.,-^*¤##@@ then i realize i can't hear anything @@##¤*^-,.
.,-^*¤#### because there's something there ####¤*^-,.
.,-^*¤###@ already, droning everything out, a @###¤*^-,.
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.,-^*¤##@# particular microtonality. #@##¤*^-,.
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.,-^*¤¤¤## my surroundings are entirely calm. it's ##¤¤¤*^-,.
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.,-^*¤###@ 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 #@##¤*^-,.
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.,-^*¤##@# i don't know what to make. #@##¤*^-,.
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......,^*# 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 #@##¤*^-,.
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