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$%*~-¨¨¨¨¨ everything is  completely  calm and dead ¨¨¨¨¨-~*%$
£$%*~-¨¨¨¨ silent.  it's  dark,  and  warm,  and  i ¨¨¨¨-~*%$£
¶£$%*~-¨¨¨ slowly  start  to   piece  together   my ¨¨¨-~*%$£¶
#¶£$%*~-¨¨        consciousness and my body.        ¨¨-~*%$£¶#
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#¶£$%*~-¨¨ then  the   fear  hits  me  and  i  feel ¨¨-~*%$£¶#
¶£$%*~-¨¨¨   acutely sick. something is ~wrong~.    ¨¨¨-~*%$£¶
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#¶£$%*~-¨¨ all  over my vision,  pressing in, being ¨¨-~*%$£¶#
##¶£$%*~-¨ almost hostile. i can feel them  squirm, ¨-~*%$£¶##
#¶£$%*~-¨¨     their internal logic changing and    ¨¨-~*%$£¶#
¶£$%*~-¨¨¨ grinding trenches in my mind. it's  like ¨¨¨-~*%$£¶
£$%*~-¨¨¨¨ language,  sentences  i can't hide from, ¨¨¨¨-~*%$£
$%*~-¨¨¨¨¨ forcefully  transcribed in  my mind, and ¨¨¨¨¨-~*%$
£$%*~-¨¨¨¨            doing damage there.           ¨¨¨¨-~*%$£
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#¶£$%*~-¨¨ then  i  realize  i can't hear  anything ¨¨-~*%$£¶#
##¶£$%*~-¨     because there's something there      ¨-~*%$£¶##
#¶£$%*~-¨¨    already, droning everything out, a    ¨¨-~*%$£¶#
¶£$%*~-¨¨¨ rapid  melody,  almost  caustic in  it's ¨¨¨-~*%$£¶
£$%*~-¨¨¨¨         particular microtonality.        ¨¨¨¨-~*%$£
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#¶£$%*~-¨¨ my surroundings  are entirely calm. it's ¨¨-~*%$£¶#
##¶£$%*~-¨             almost mocking.              ¨-~*%$£¶##
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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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$%*~-¨¨¨¨¨ my eyes are still  tense though, scared. ¨¨¨¨¨-~*%$
£$%*~-¨¨¨¨ i    don't    know    what    to   make. ¨¨¨¨-~*%$£
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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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