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§§%%«««,¨¨ 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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###§$%;«,¨ all  over  my vision, pressing in, being ¨,«;%$§###
###§$%;«,¨ almost hostile. i can feel  them squirm, ¨,«;%$§###
#§%«««««,¨    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 ¨¨¨¨,,,«%§
###§$%;«,¨    lights on does nothing... getting     ¨,«;%$§###
§§§§$%;«,¨  outside does nothing... drinking water  ¨,«;%$§§§§
###§$%;«,¨ does  noting...  but  time  does - after ¨,«;%$§###
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###§$%;«,¨ doubting  anything of this  happened  in ¨,«;%$§###
#$;«¨¨¨¨¨¨             the first place.             ¨¨¨¨¨¨«;$#
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###§$%;«,¨ my eyes  are still tense though, scared. ¨,«;%$§###
###§$%;«,¨ i   don't    know    what    to    make. ¨,«;%$§###
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§§%;«¨¨¨¨¨ 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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