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..^-^^£§¶#         internal visionary state         #¶§£^^-^..
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..^-^^£§¶#            the spirit travels            #¶§£^^-^..
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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.        §£^^-^....
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..^-^^£§¶# 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.           -^........
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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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..^-^^£§¶#              but i'm tired.              #¶§£^^-^..
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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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