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#=^~......           nothing is harmless            ......~^=#
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##@#$=^«~. a  dream is around you, but also  inside .~«^=$#@##
@$^~...... you,  and usually  you don't  leave  the ......~^$@
###=^^~...             familiar modes.              ...~^^=###
##@#$=^«~.      sometimes you are careless, but     .~«^=$#@##
##@#$=^«~. sometimes  the nightmare  comes to  you. .~«^=$#@##
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##@#$=^«~. it may  shock you.  it may lure  you in. .~«^=$#@##
@$$$==^«~. even  if  you are  afraid,  it's  likely .~«^==$$$@
@@#=««~...      you're just dreaming normally.      ...~««=#@@
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@###$=^«~. a nightmare  sinks  it's teeth in you. a .~«^=$###@
##@#$=^«~.      nightmare follows you back up.      .~«^=$#@##
##@#$=^«~.          waking is not escaping.         .~«^=$#@##
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@$$=^«~... it dissolves  or  it  lingers.  maybe it ...~«^=$$@
##@#$=^«~.          crawls away and hides.          .~«^=$#@##
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##@#$=^«~. or it could be a parasite that has  been .~«^=$#@##
##@#$=^«~. growing inside you, graceful  enough not .~«^=$#@##
##@#$=^«~.                 to kill.                 .~«^=$#@##
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