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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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%%*«^¨¨¨¨¨ 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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%%*«^¨¨¨¨¨ 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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*«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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