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##@§&^=~.¨ ¨ ¨ ¨.~=^&§@##
@§^^~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ the dream ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~^^§@
§&^====~.¨ ¨ of being swallowed ¨ ¨.~====^&§
##@§&^=~.¨ ¨ by the beast. ¨ ¨.~=^&§@##
##@§&^=~.¨ ¨ ¨ ¨.~=^&§@##
@&^~~¨¨¨¨¨ #§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ ¨¨¨¨¨~~^&@
§&&=~.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.~=&&§
###§&^=~.¨ # inside ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # ¨.~=^&§###
###@§^=~.¨ ¨ an animal ¨ as if ¨ to be safe ¨.~=^§@###
##@§&^=~.¨ ¨.~=^&§@##
##@§&^=~.¨ ¨¨######¨¨¨###¨¨¨###¨ ¨.~=^&§@##
###@&^=~.¨ ~.¨#### ~.¨###~.¨ ####~¨ ¨.~=^&@###
@§§§&^=~.¨ ~.¨#### ~.¨###~.¨ ####~¨ ¨.~=^&§§§@
§^~~.¨¨¨¨¨ the dream of resting inside another ¨¨¨¨¨.~~^§
##@§&^=~.¨ animal. thats how it starts, ¨.~=^&§@##
§^^^==.¨¨¨ ~.¨ with the dream, ¨.~ ¨¨¨.==^^^§
##@§&^=~.¨ ~.¨####~.¨###~.¨####~¨ ¨.~=^&§@##
@@§§&^=~.¨ but this time i was curious of where it ¨.~=^&§§@@
#@@§&^=~.¨ was going, ¨.~=^&§@@#
##@§&^=~.¨ #== ~~~~~~~~~~ ==# ¨.~=^&§@##
##@§&^=~.¨ == ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ == ¨.~=^&§@##
##@§&^=~.¨ ¨.~=^&§@##
##@§&^=~.¨ the first gate is the lips ¨.~=^&§@##
##@§&^=~.¨ ¨.~=^&§@##
##@§&^=~.¨ ¨ ¨ to get at the throat. ¨ ¨.~=^&§@##
##@§&^=~.¨ ¨.~=^&§@##
##@§&^=~.¨ to be falling into the water, the ¨.~=^&§@##
##@§&^=~.¨ ocean, the void, but it must be done in ¨.~=^&§@##
###@&^=~.¨ the right way - in a very specific way. ¨.~=^&@###
§§§^~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~^§§§
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§&=.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ...=======....=~. ¨¨¨¨¨¨.=&§
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@@§^~.¨¨¨¨ ....=.~~.==.========== ¨¨¨¨.~^§@@
§^~~~~~¨¨¨ ===================== ============= ¨¨¨~~~~~^§
#@@§&^=~.¨ it's not a bad feeling, at first. it's ¨.~=^&§@@#
###@§&=~.¨ slow... graceful... but then it gets ¨.~=&§@###
@§§&&^=~.¨ too much and you faint. ¨.~=^&&§§@
§^~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ =#..=~....~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~======= ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~^§
##@§&^=~.¨ ============= (you will feel very close ¨.~=^&§@##
###@§^=~.¨ to nature) ¨.~=^§@###
#§&^=.¨¨¨¨ =#..=~....~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~======= ¨¨¨¨.=^&§#
@§§^~¨¨¨¨¨ ============= (you will feel very close ¨¨¨¨¨~^§§@
##@§&^=~.¨ to the beast that is everything) ¨.~=^&§@##
##@§&^=~.¨ =#..=~....~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~======= ¨.~=^&§@##
§^=.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ============= (only through its help) ¨¨¨¨¨¨.=^§
###@&^=~.¨ =#..=~....~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~== (very ¨.~=^&@###
##@§&^=~.¨ hard to get here without the aid of the ¨.~=^&§@##
@&=~.¨¨¨¨¨ beast) === (state where the human is ¨¨¨¨¨.~=&@
§§&^~¨¨¨¨¨ submerged in the animal) === == ¨¨¨¨¨~^&§§
§&^^~¨¨¨¨¨ (becoming the animal) === (forget ¨¨¨¨¨~^^&§
##@§&^=~.¨ everything else) === == (my soul is the ¨.~=^&§@##
@@&==.¨¨¨¨ beast's soul) === (a sludgy sense of ¨¨¨¨.==&@@
##@§&^=~.¨ satisfaction. it's good) === (it's ¨.~=^&§@##
###@§&^~.¨ good) === == (breathing heavily) === ¨.~^&§@###
##@§&^=~.¨ === == (the two souls will move ¨.~=^&§@##
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##@§&^=~.¨ (collective body) === (rearranged and ¨.~=^&§@##
#@&=~¨¨¨¨¨ reordered) === (the individual is not ¨¨¨¨¨~=&@#
###@§^=~.¨ so important) ¨.~=^§@###
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##@§&^=~.¨ ¨.~=^&§@##
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#§^^^^=~.¨ ¨.~=^^^^§#
#@§§&^=~.¨ ¨.~=^&§§@#