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.~=^†$¤¶@#         ...~~=$@ DREAMS @$=~~...         #@¶¤$†^=~.
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.~=^†$¤¶@#         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         #@¶¤$†^=~.
.~=^†¤¶@##                                          ##@¶¤†^=~.
.~=^†$¤¤¶@            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            @¶¤¤$†^=~.
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.~=^†$¤¤¤¤                   .=.                    ¤¤¤¤$†^=~.
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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 ¤¤††^~~~..
.~=^†$¤¶@# ESCAPE. TO CRAWL ON THE  FLOOR SEARCHING #@¶¤$†^=~.
.~=^†$¤¶@# RELIEF,  SUCH  IS MY NATURE. TURNING THE #@¶¤$†^=~.
.~=^†$$¤¤¤    LIGHTS ON DOES NOTHING... GETTING     ¤¤¤$$†^=~.
.~=^†$¤¶@#  OUTSIDE DOES NOTHING... DRINKING WATER  #@¶¤$†^=~.
.~=^†$$$¤¶ DOES  NOTING...  BUT TIME DOES  -  AFTER ¶¤$$$†^=~.
.~=^†$¤¶##     THIRTY SECONDS I'M NORMAL AGAIN,     ##¶¤$†^=~.
...~~==^$¶ DOUBTING  ANYTHING  OF THIS HAPPENED  IN ¶$^==~~...
.~=†$¤¶@##             THE FIRST PLACE.             ##@¶¤$†=~.
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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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.~=^†$¤¶@#                     .                    #@¶¤$†^=~.
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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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