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.^-**$#@@# #@@#$**-^.
.^-**$#@## ##@#$**-^.
...^^***$@ ..*@*.. @$***^^...
.^-**$#@@# .^*$@@####@@$*^. #@@#$**-^.
.^-**$#@## ...^^-$@ dreams @$-^^... ##@#$**-^.
.....--*#@ .^*$@@####@@$*^. @#*--.....
....--**#@ ..*@*.. @#**--....
.^-**$#@@# #@@#$**-^.
....^-**$@ .^. @$**-^....
.^-**$#@@# .*#@#@#*. #@@#$**-^.
.^-**$#@@@ .^. @@@#$**-^.
.^-***$#@@ @@#$***-^.
....^**$@@ internal visionary state @@$**^....
.^-**$@@## ##@@$**-^.
.^-**$#@@@ the spirit travels @@@#$**-^.
.^-****$$@ @$$****-^.
.^-**$#@## .^*$@@####@@$*^. ##@#$**-^.
...-**$$#@ .-. @#$$**-...
.^-**$#@@# #@@#$**-^.
.....^-*#@ 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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