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#&@%†~^...                 ..%#%..                  ...^~†%@&#
##&@%†~^..             .^†@########@†^.             ..^~†%@&##
###&@%†~^.         ...^^~@# dreams #@~^^...         .^~†%@&###
##&@%†~^..             .^†@########@†^.             ..^~†%@&##
#&@%†~^...                 ..%#%..                  ...^~†%@&#
&@%†~^....                                          ....^~†%@&
@%†~^.....                   .^.                    .....^~†%@
%†~^......                .%&###&%.                 ......^~†%
†~^.......                    .^.                   .......^~†
~^........                                          ........^~
^.........         internal visionary state         .........^
..........                                          ..........
..........            the spirit travels            ..........
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..........             .^†@########@†^.             ..........
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^.........                                          .........^
~^........                  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~.   ......^~†%
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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.            .......^~†
%†~^......                                          ......^~†%
@%†~^..... 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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