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.:==§&#@##            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            ##@#&§==:.
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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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....===&&# 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 ####&§==:.
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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 ##@#&§==:.
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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 ##@#&§==:.
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.:==§&#@## RELIEF, SUCH  IS  MY NATURE. TURNING THE ##@#&§==:.
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.:==§&#@##  OUTSIDE DOES NOTHING... DRINKING WATER  ##@#&§==:.
.....:=&## DOES  NOTING... BUT  TIME DOES  -  AFTER ##&=:.....
....:=§###     THIRTY SECONDS I'M NORMAL AGAIN,     ###§=:....
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.:==§&#@## I    DON'T   KNOW    WHAT    TO    MAKE. ##@#&§==:.
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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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