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.~«*$&####                                          ####&$*«~.
.....««*$#                                          #$*««.....
.~«*§$&###                                          ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&###                  ..§#§..                 ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$####             .~*$########$*~.             ####$§*«~.
.~«*§$&###         ...~~«$# dreams #$«~~...         ###&$§*«~.
.~«****§§&             .~*$########$*~.             &§§****«~.
.~«*§$&###                 ..§#§..                  ###&$§*«~.
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....«§§§§&                   .~.                    &§§§§«....
.~«*§$&###                 .§&###&§.                ###&$§*«~.
.....~*$&#                    .~.                   #&$*~.....
.~«*§$&###                                          ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&###         internal visionary state         ###&$§*«~.
.~«*$&####                                          ####&$*«~.
......«§$#            the spirit travels            #$§«......
..~~~~«*$#                                          #$*«~~~~..
.~«*§$####             .~*$########$*~.             ####$§*«~.
.~«*§$&&&#                   .«.                    #&&&$§*«~.
.~«*§&####                                          ####&§*«~.
.....~*§&#                  a cost                  #&§*~.....
.~«*§$&###                (anecdote)                ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&###                                          ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&###                    ~~                    ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&###                                          ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&### i  wake   suddenly,  and  for  a  second ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&### everything is  completely calm  and dead ###&$§*«~.
....««§§$# silent.  it's  dark,  and  warm,  and  i #$§§««....
.~«*§$&### slowly  start  to   piece  together   my ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&###        consciousness and my body.        ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&###                                          ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&### then  the  fear  hits  me   and  i  feel ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&###    acutely sick. something is «wrong«.   ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&###                                          ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&###                    ..                    ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&&&#                                          #&&&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&### there are circles and  crosses inscribed ###&$§*«~.
.~«***$$&# all over  my vision, pressing in,  being #&$$***«~.
...~~***§& 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, #&§§«««~~.
.~«*§$&### forcefully transcribed  in my  mind, and ###&$§*«~.
....«§$&##           doing damage there.            ##&$§«....
.~«*§$&###                                          ###&$§*«~.
......«*$# then i  realize  i  can't  hear anything #$*«......
.~«*§$&###      because there's something there     ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&###    already, droning everything out, a    ###&$§*«~.
.~««««**$& rapid  melody,  almost caustic  in  it's &$**««««~.
.~«*§$&###        particular microtonality.         ###&$§*«~.
......«§&#                                          #&§«......
.~«*§$&###                    ~~                    ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§§§&##                                          ##&§§§*«~.
..~~««§$&# my surroundings are  entirely calm. it's #&$§««~~..
.~«*§$&###             almost mocking.              ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&&&#                                          #&&&$§*«~.
.....««*§& 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.             #&§**~....
.~«*§$&###                                          ###&$§*«~.
....«««§§& my eyes are still tense  though, scared. &§§«««....
.~«*§$&### i    don't   know    what    to    make. ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&###                                          ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&###              but i'm tired.              ###&$§*«~.
...~***$##                                          ##$***~...
.......«§&                     .                    &§«.......
.~«*§$&###                 ~~«*«~~                  ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&###                    .                     ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&###                                          ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&### this  can  happen if you wander too far, ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&### i  guess?  i  shouldn't  be so  reckless ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$&###              when dreaming?              ###&$§*«~.
.~«*§$#### i  imagine a prick  on the nose,  that's ####$§*«~.
..~~*§§§&# what these  are. like you do with  a cat #&§§§*~~..
...~«*§&&# who  comes  to close to your sandwich... #&&§*«~...
.~«*§$&###                                          ###&$§*«~.
...~~**$&&                                          &&$**~~...
....~«§$&&                                          &&$§«~....
.~«*§$&###                                          ###&$§*«~.
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