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......^~^% The Spirit Travels %^~^......
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.......^~^ Everything Is Completely Calm And Dead ^~^.......
......^~^% Silent. It'S Dark, And Warm, And I %^~^......
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......^~^% All Over My Vision, Pressing In, Being %^~^......
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......^~^% Their Internal Logic Changing And %^~^......
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..^~^%$§@# Doing Damage There. #@§$%^~^..
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..^~^%$§@# Escape. To Crawl On The Floor Searching #@§$%^~^..
...^~^%$§@ Relief, Such Is My Nature. Turning The @§$%^~^...
....^~^%$§ Lights On Does Nothing... Getting §$%^~^....
.....^~^%$ 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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