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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 ¨¨¨¨¨^~:†&
&&†:~^¨¨¨¨ BALANCING   ON  A  CORNER,   WITH  ROUND ¨¨¨¨^~:†&&
@&&†:~^¨¨¨ CUTOUTS ALONG  ITS  EDGES MAKING IT LOOK ¨¨¨^~:†&&@
#@&&†:~^¨¨ LIKE A  POINTY CROSS,  OR SOMETHING FROM ¨¨^~:†&&@#
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@&&†:~^¨¨¨ IT'S HOSTILE, MAYBE  NOT  CONSCIOUS  BUT ¨¨¨^~:†&&@
&&†:~^¨¨¨¨    ACTIVE, PERCEIVING, ALIVE IN SOME     ¨¨¨¨^~:†&&
&†:~^¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~
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†:~^¨¨¨¨¨¨  INSCRIBED ALL OVER YOUR VISION, IN THE  ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~:†
&†:~^¨¨¨¨¨ CASE OF NIGHTMARES, EVIL MEDITATION, OR  ¨¨¨¨¨^~:†&
&&†:~^¨¨¨¨    DRUG-INDUCED TRANSCENDENTAL STATES.   ¨¨¨¨^~:†&&
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#@&&†:~^¨¨  IN THE LIQUID BETWEEN YOU AND THE WORLD ¨¨^~:†&&@#
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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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