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...~«**^£¤ silent.  it's  dark,  and  warm,  and  i ¤£^**«~...
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.~«*^£¤£££    acutely sick. something is «wrong«.   £££¤£^*«~.
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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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.~«*^£¤£@#    already, droning everything out, a    #@£¤£^*«~.
....~«*£££ rapid  melody,  almost  caustic in  it's £££*«~....
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.~«*^£¤£## my surroundings are  entirely calm. it's ##£¤£^*«~.
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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 #@£¤£^*«~.
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.~«*^£¤£## does  noting...  but  time does -  after ##£¤£^*«~.
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.~«*^£¤£@# my eyes  are still tense though, scared. #@£¤£^*«~.
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.~«*^£¤@## i  guess?  i  shouldn't  be  so reckless ##@¤£^*«~.
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