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.........:         ...::~%# DREAMS #%~::...         :.........
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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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