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##@#%†*~.¨ INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE ¨.~*†%#@##
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##@#%†*~.¨ THE SPIRIT TRAVELS ¨.~*†%#@##
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##@#%†*~.¨ (ANECDOTE) ¨.~*†%#@##
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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. ¨¨¨¨~~†%%#
##@#%†*~.¨ ¨.~*†%#@##
##@#%†*~.¨ 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. ¨.~*†%#@##
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨~~†##
@%*..¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨.~***†%@#
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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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