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##§§**=«.. silent. it's dark, and warm, and i ..«=**§§##
#@#§**=«.. slowly start to piece together my ..«=**§#@#
#*=....... consciousness and my body. .......=*#
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§**===«... grinding trenches in my mind. it's like ...«===**§
§*«....... language, sentences i can't hide from, .......«*§
#@#§**=«.. forcefully transcribed in my mind, and ..«=**§#@#
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#@#§**=«.. 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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§§§***=«.. i don't know what to make. ..«=***§§§
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##@§**=«.. what these are. like you do with a cat ..«=**§@##
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