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.......:-\ . the dream . \-:.......
......:-\* . of being swallowed . *\-:......
.....:-\*$ . by the beast. . $*\-:.....
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.......:-\ the dream of resting inside another \-:.......
........:- animal. thats how it starts, -:........
.........: -:. with the dream, .:- :.........
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.........: but this time i was curious of where it :.........
........:- was going, -:........
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..:-\*$@## to be falling into the water, the ##@$*\-:..
...:-\*$@# ocean, the void, but it must be done in #@$*\-:...
....:-\*$@ the right way - in a very specific way. @$*\-:....
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........:- slow... graceful... but then it gets -:........
.......:-\ too much and you faint. \-:.......
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.....:-\*$ \\\\\\\\\\\\\ (you will feel very close $*\-:.....
....:-\*$@ to nature) @$*\-:....
...:-\*$@# \#::\-::::-:---------------\\\\\\\ #@$*\-:...
..:-\*$@## \\\\\\\\\\\\\ (you will feel very close ##@$*\-:..
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...:-\*$@# \\\\\\\\\\\\\ (only through its help) #@$*\-:...
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.....:-\*$ hard to get here without the aid of the $*\-:.....
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.......:-\ submerged in the animal) \\\ \\ \-:.......
........:- (becoming the animal) \\\ (forget -:........
.........: everything else) \\\ \\ (my soul is the :.........
.......... beast's soul) \\\ (a sludgy sense of ..........
.........: satisfaction. it's good) \\\ (it's :.........
........:- good) \\\ \\ (breathing heavily) \\\ -:........
.......:-\ \\\ \\ (the two souls will move \-:.......
......:-\* together) \\\ (merge and dissolve) \\\ *\-:......
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....:-\*$@ reordered) \\\ (the individual is not @$*\-:....
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