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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ALMOST HOSTILE. I CAN FEEL THEM  SQUIRM, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨     THEIR INTERNAL LOGIC CHANGING AND    ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, LANGUAGE, SENTENCES  I  CAN'T HIDE FROM, ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~ FORCEFULLY TRANSCRIBED IN MY  MIND,  AND ~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~*            DOING DAMAGE THERE.           *~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨,~*=              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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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