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.&.&.&&&&. ##      THE ART OF C^NNECTING            &&&...&&&&
&&&&&...&&        .    WITH THE OLD MIND            ..&..&...&
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...&&.&&..             MY MIND IS BEING SKEWED. MI  &.&&.&.&&.
..&.&&.&..  SKELETON IS STRINGY AND OLD AND ALIEN   &&.&&&&.&.
.&&&.&&&..             THE SITUATION IS LITERALLY   .&&...&&&.
&..&&..&.& PRESSED OUT THROUGH MY EYES, IT'S        &.&..&..&.
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&&&&&&....             THE SUNSET OF THE ETERNAL    ..&&.&&...
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....&&...&         PERSISTENTLY AGAINST MY EMULSION &&&.&&&.&&
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..&&&&.&&&    IT'S UNGRASPABLE TO ME, WHAT OTHER    .&.&.&.&&&
.&...&&..&   HUMANS ARE DOING AND ABSTRACTING,      &&&&&&&..&
&&..&.&.&&  AND ABOVE ALL ELSE, WHAT TIME THEY USE? ......&.&&
.&.&&&&&.. HOW LONG A TIME HAS PASSED, FOR THEM?    .....&&&..
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.&&..&..&&   CONTINUOUSLY I'M CROWDING THROUGH      ..&.&&.&&&
&.&.&&.&.. . THE FOURTH WALL  ^OUTWARDS IS WHAT   . .&&&.&&..&
&&&&.&&&.& .. I'M THINKING BUT IT'S WRONG.. A NEW   &..&&.&.&.
...&&..&&. . . NARRATOR IS INTRODUCED, OCCASIONALLY &.&.&&&&&&
..&.&.&.&& ^  ^ AWARE OF THE PREVIOUS ONE, DEEPER . &&&&.....&
.&&&&&&&.& ^   ^ DOWN IN THE DRAGONS THROAT.        ...&....&&
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