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.......~=/ OPPOSER.DREAM /=~.......
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....~=/†%# INTRINSICALLY WEAVED WITHIN THE SPACE #%†/=~....
...~=/†%## BETWEEN WHAT THE BRAIN CONSTRUCTS AND ##%†/=~...
..~=/†%### THE REAL, THE SPACE WHICH WE USUALLY ###%†/=~..
.~=/†%#### CALL THE AETHER, DISTORTIONS, ####%†/=~.
..~=/†%### ANOMALIES, CAN APPEAR UNDER ###%†/=~..
...~=/†%## CIRCUMSTANCES, PECULIAR ONES, FOLDED IN ##%†/=~...
....~=/†%# LIKE LIQUID CRYSTALS, APPEARING AS IF #%†/=~....
.....~=/†% YOU SUDDENLY ROTATE YOUR HEAD IN SOME %†/=~.....
......~=/† FOURTH DIMENSION (USUALLY MORE OR LESS †/=~......
.......~=/ UNCOMFORTABLE) /=~.......
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.........~ THE OPPOSER LOOKS LIKE A CONCAVE SQUARE ~.........
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.......~=/ CUTOUTS ALONG ITS EDGES MAKING IT LOOK /=~.......
......~=/† LIKE A POINTY CROSS, OR SOMETHING FROM †/=~......
.....~=/†% TWEWY %†/=~.....
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...~=/†%## IT'S HOSTILE, MAYBE NOT CONSCIOUS BUT ##%†/=~...
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.~=/†%#### SENSE. BUT I FEEL AS IF THAT MIGHT BE A ####%†/=~.
..~=/†%### REDUCTION, THAT I'M INTERPRETING THE ###%†/=~..
...~=/†%## TIP OF SOMETHING MUCH LARGER AND ALIEN ##%†/=~...
....~=/†%# TO ME. MAYBE NOT ALIVE, THEN, BUT #%†/=~....
.....~=/†% SOMETHING WORSE. %†/=~.....
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.......~=/ IT APPEARS IN IT'S TRUEST FALSE FORM /=~.......
......~=/† INSCRIBED ALL OVER YOUR VISION, IN THE †/=~......
.....~=/†% CASE OF NIGHTMARES, EVIL MEDITATION, OR %†/=~.....
....~=/†%# DRUG-INDUCED TRANSCENDENTAL STATES. #%†/=~....
...~=/†%## LIVING BEHIND THE CURTAIN, SO TO SPEAK, ##%†/=~...
..~=/†%### IN THE LIQUID BETWEEN YOU AND THE WORLD ###%†/=~..
.~=/†%#### YOU'RE IN. ####%†/=~.
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...~=/†%## BUT EVEN IN CALMER TIMES, IT'S NEVER ##%†/=~...
....~=/†%# TOO FAR AWAY, AND YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF #%†/=~....
.....~=/†% TRANSFIXED BY FLOOR TILES, JEWELRY %†/=~.....
......~=/† (TOTEMS? CHARMS?), TREES, AND OTHER †/=~......
.......~=/ SUCH THINGS... /=~.......
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