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%\=^......         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ......^=\%
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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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£$%\=^.... THEN  THE  FEAR  HITS  ME  AND   I  FEEL ....^=\%$£
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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 ......^=\%
$%\=^.....     THIRTY SECONDS I'M NORMAL AGAIN,     .....^=\%$
£$%\=^.... DOUBTING  ANYTHING  OF THIS  HAPPENED IN ....^=\%$£
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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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