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###§£†=~:¨        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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§††=~:¨¨¨¨ all over  my vision, pressing  in, being ¨¨¨¨:~=††§
###§£†=~:¨ almost hostile. i can feel them  squirm, ¨:~=†£§###
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###§£†=~:¨ 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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###§£†=~:¨ rapid  melody,  almost  caustic in  it's ¨:~=†£§###
§†=:¨¨¨¨¨¨        particular microtonality.         ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=†§
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###§£†=~:¨  outside does nothing... drinking water  ¨:~=†£§###
###§£†=~:¨ does  noting... but  time  does -  after ¨:~=†£§###
###§£†=~:¨     thirty seconds i'm normal again,     ¨:~=†£§###
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###§£†=~:¨ my eyes are  still tense though, scared. ¨:~=†£§###
§†~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ i    don't    know    what   to    make. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~†§
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###§£†=~:¨ what these are.  like  you do with a cat ¨:~=†£§###
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