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.~«;†$£@@# silent.  it's  dark,  and  warm,  and  i #@@£$†;«~.
.~««;;;†££ 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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.~«;†$£@## almost  hostile. i can feel them squirm, ##@£$†;«~.
....~;†$£@     their internal logic changing and    @£$†;~....
.~«;†$£@@@ grinding trenches in my  mind. it's like @@@£$†;«~.
.~«;†$££££ language, sentences i can't  hide  from, ££££$†;«~.
....~~«†££ forcefully transcribed  in my mind,  and ££†«~~....
.~«;†$£@##           doing damage there.            ##@£$†;«~.
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.~««««;†£@ then  i realize  i  can't hear  anything @£†;««««~.
...~~«;$@@      because there's something there     @@$;«~~...
...~~~«†$£    already, droning everything out, a    £$†«~~~...
.~«†$£@@## rapid  melody,  almost  caustic in  it's ##@@£$†«~.
.......«†£         particular microtonality.        £†«.......
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.~«;†$£@@@ my  surroundings are entirely calm. it's @@@£$†;«~.
.~«;†$£@@#              almost mocking.             #@@£$†;«~.
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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 £†;««~~~..
....~;†$£@             the first place.             @£$†;~....
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.~«;†$@@## my eyes are  still tense though, scared. ##@@$†;«~.
.~«;†$£@@# i    don't    know    what   to    make. #@@£$†;«~.
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.~«;†$£@@# this  can happen  if you wander too far, #@@£$†;«~.
..~««†††£@ i  guess?  i  shouldn't  be  so reckless @£†††««~..
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.~«;†$£@@# i  imagine  a prick on the  nose, that's #@@£$†;«~.
.~«;†$£@## what these are. like you  do with a  cat ##@£$†;«~.
.~«;†$£@@# who comes to close to  your  sandwich... #@@£$†;«~.
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