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^......... everything  is completely  calm and dead .........^
=^........ silent.  it's  dark,  and  warm,  and  i ........^=
==^....... slowly  start   to  piece  together   my .......^==
^==^......        consciousness and my body.        ......^==^
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§£^==^.... then  the  fear  hits  me   and  i  feel ....^==^£§
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§£^==^.... 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.            ..........
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=^........ 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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¶§£^==^...             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.             .......^==
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£^==^..... my  eyes are still tense though, scared. .....^==^£
§£^==^.... i    don't   know    what    to    make. ....^==^£§
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#¶§£^==^..              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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