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.....~~=##            nothing is harmless           ##=~~.....
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.^~:=§#### a  dream  is around you, but also inside ####§=:~^.
.^~:=§#### you, and usually  you  don't  leave  the ####§=:~^.
..^^^^:§§#             familiar modes.              #§§:^^^^..
....^:§§§#      sometimes you are careless, but     #§§§:^....
.^~:=§#### sometimes  the nightmare comes  to  you. ####§=:~^.
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.^~:=§#### it may  shock you.  it may  lure you in. ####§=:~^.
.^~:=§#### even  if you  are  afraid,  it's  likely ####§=:~^.
...^~~:==#      you're just dreaming normally.      #==:~~^...
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.^~:=§#### a nightmare sinks  it's teeth in  you. a ####§=:~^.
.^~:=§####      nightmare follows you back up.      ####§=:~^.
...~::::§#          waking is not escaping.         #§::::~...
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.....^:§§# it  dissolves  or it  lingers. maybe  it #§§:^.....
.....^~=##          crawls away and hides.          ##=~^.....
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.....^:=§# or it could be a parasite  that has been #§=:^.....
.^~:=§#### growing inside you,  graceful enough not ####§=:~^.
......~=§#                 to kill.                 #§=~......
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