#@§%$\~^¨¨                                          ¨¨^~\$%§@#
@§%$\~^¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨^~\$%§@
§%$\~^¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨^~\$%§
%$\~^¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨^~\$%
$\~^¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~\$
\~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~\
~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨             ¨             ¨              ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~
\~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨              ¨ 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)               ¨¨¨¨¨^~\$%
§%$\~^¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨^~\$%§
@§%$\~^¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨^~\$%§@
#@§%$\~^¨¨                                          ¨¨^~\$%§@#
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#@§%$\~^¨¨                                          ¨¨^~\$%§@#