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,.~\^%## INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE ###&%^\~.,
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,.~\^%&& THE SPIRIT TRAVELS #&&&%^\~.,
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,.~\^%## A COST ###&%^\~.,
,,..\\%# (ANECDOTE) ##&%\\..,,
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,.~\^%## .. ###&%^\~.,
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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. &%\..,,,,,
,.~\^%## ###&%^\~.,
,.~\^%## THEN THE FEAR HITS ME AND I FEEL ###&%^\~.,
,,,..\\%%& ACUTELY SICK. SOMETHING IS ~WRONG~. &%%\\..,,,
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,.~\^%## ,, ###&%^\~.,
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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. ###&%^\~.,
,.~\^%## ###&%^\~.,
,.~\^%## 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. ##%%^~.,,,
,.~\^%%# ##&%%^\~.,
,,,,,~^& 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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