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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 /«-.......
......-«/%   acutely sick. something is «wrong«.    %/«-......
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..-«/%$£## almost hostile. i can feel them  squirm, ##£$%/«-..
...-«/%$£#     their internal logic changing and    #£$%/«-...
....-«/%$£ grinding trenches  in my mind. it's like £$%/«-....
.....-«/%$ language,  sentences  i can't hide from, $%/«-.....
......-«/% forcefully  transcribed  in my mind, and %/«-......
.......-«/           doing damage there.            /«-.......
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.........- then  i  realize  i  can't hear anything -.........
..........     because there's something there      ..........
..........    already, droning everything out, a    ..........
.......... rapid  melody, almost  caustic  in  it's ..........
..........        particular microtonality.         ..........
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.......-«/ my surroundings  are entirely calm. it's /«-.......
......-«/%             almost mocking.              %/«-......
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....-«/%$£ 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 $%/«-.....
......-«/%             the first place.             %/«-......
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........-« my eyes are still tense  though, scared. «-........
.........- i    don't   know    what    to    make. -.........
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..........              but i'm tired.              ..........
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.......-«/ this  can  happen if you wander too far, /«-.......
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...-«/%$£# what these are.  like you do with a  cat #£$%/«-...
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