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.:~^^**&&@         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         @&&**^^~:.
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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.        ####&*^~:.
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.:~^*&#@## THEN  THE   FEAR  HITS  ME  AND  I  FEEL ##@#&*^~:.
.:~^*&####    ACUTELY SICK. SOMETHING IS ~WRONG~.   ####&*^~:.
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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.           @@#&**^~:.
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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 ##&&&*^~:.
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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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