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.........:             .             .              :.........
........:~              . the dream  .              ~:........
.......:~=          . of being swallowed .          =~:.......
......:~=†            . by the beast. .             †=~:......
.....:~=†&                  .   .                   &†=~:.....
....:~=†&& #&.....................................& &&†=~:....
...:~=†&&@                                          @&&†=~:...
..:~=†&&@# #     inside      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     # #@&&†=~:..
.:~=†&&@## . an  animal  .  as  if  .  to  be  safe ##@&&†=~:.
..:~=†&&@#                                          #@&&†=~:..
...:~=†&&@          ..######...###...###.           @&&†=~:...
....:~=†&& ~:.####         ~:.###~:.         ####~. &&†=~:....
.....:~=†& ~:.####         ~:.###~:.         ####~. &†=~:.....
......:~=† the  dream  of  resting  inside  another †=~:......
.......:~= animal.    thats    how    it    starts, =~:.......
........:~ ~:.     with     the     dream,      .:~ ~:........
.........:          ~:.####~:.###~:.####~.          :.........
........:~ but this  time i was curious of where it ~:........
.......:~= was                               going, =~:.......
......:~=† #==            ~~~~~~~~~~            ==# †=~:......
.....:~=†& ==  ~~ ~~ ~~  ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~  ~~  ~~  ~~ == &†=~:.....
....:~=†&&                                          &&†=~:....
...:~=†&&@ the   first    gate    is    the    lips @&&†=~:...
..:~=†&&@#                                          #@&&†=~:..
.:~=†&&@## .   .   to   get   at  the   throat.   . ##@&&†=~:.
..:~=†&&@#                                          #@&&†=~:..
...:~=†&&@ to   be  falling  into  the  water,  the @&&†=~:...
....:~=†&& ocean,  the void, but it must be done in &&†=~:....
.....:~=†& the right way  - in a very specific way. &†=~:.....
......:~=†                                          †=~:......
.......:~= =:::~~~~~~~~~~~====:::::::=:~~~~:::::=:  =~:.......
........:~            :::=======::::=~:             ~:........
.........:     :::===~~~:=~===~:::=~~~~=======:     :.........
........:~          ::::=:~~:==:==========          ~:........
.......:~= =====================      ============= =~:.......
......:~=†  it's not a bad feeling, at first. it's  †=~:......
.....:~=†&   slow... graceful... but then it gets   &†=~:.....
....:~=†&&         too much and you faint.          &&†=~:....
...:~=†&&@    =#::=~::::~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=======    @&&†=~:...
..:~=†&&@#  ============= (you will feel very close #@&&†=~:..
.:~=†&&@##                to nature)                ##@&&†=~:.
..:~=†&&@#    =#::=~::::~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=======    #@&&†=~:..
...:~=†&&@  ============= (you will feel very close @&&†=~:...
....:~=†&&     to the beast that is everything)     &&†=~:....
.....:~=†&    =#::=~::::~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=======    &†=~:.....
......:~=†   ============= (only through its help)  †=~:......
.......:~=    =#::=~::::~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~== (very   =~:.......
........:~ hard to get here without the aid of the  ~:........
.........:   beast) === (state where the human is   :.........
........:~      submerged in the animal) === ==     ~:........
.......:~=    (becoming the animal) === (forget     =~:.......
......:~=† everything else) === == (my soul is the  †=~:......
.....:~=†&   beast's soul) === (a sludgy sense of   &†=~:.....
....:~=†&&    satisfaction. it's good) === (it's    &&†=~:....
...:~=†&&@   good) === == (breathing heavily) ===   @&&†=~:...
..:~=†&&@#     === == (the two souls will move      #@&&†=~:..
.:~=†&&@##  together) === (merge and dissolve) ===  ##@&&†=~:.
..:~=†&&@#  (collective body) === (rearranged and   #@&&†=~:..
...:~=†&&@   reordered) === (the individual is not  @&&†=~:...
....:~=†&&               so important)              &&†=~:....
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