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#@@#%^†«:¨ ¨¨¨ SLEEP ¨¨¨ ¨:«†^%#@@#
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##@#%^†«:¨ SLEEP IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE ¨:«†^%#@##
###@#%^«:¨ DAY. SLEEP IS SAYING GOODBYE FOR A ¨:«^%#@###
##^†«¨¨¨¨¨ WHILE. IF YOU CAN DREAM, YOU ALSO GET ¨¨¨¨¨«†^##
@@@#%^†«:¨ TO VISIT FRIENDS AND OTHER ANIMALS. ¨:«†^%#@@@
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@@##%^†«:¨ DEEPER THAN DEATH IS TO BE ALIVE AND ¨:«†^%##@@
##@#%^†«:¨ ASLEEP. IT IS DEATH IF IT WAS TEMPORARY ¨:«†^%#@##
@@@#%^†«:¨ AND REJUVENATING. ¨:«†^%#@@@
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##@#%^†«:¨ SLEEP IS A BLACK MARBLE OUTSIDE OF ¨:«†^%#@##
##@#%^†«:¨ WHICH THERE IS NOTHING. INSIDE IS ALL ¨:«†^%#@##
@#^†«::¨¨¨ THE STARS AND IN THE MIDDLE A ¨¨¨::«†^#@
##@#%^†«:¨ BLACK LAKE. AT THE FOOT OF THIS LAKE ¨:«†^%#@##
##@#%^†«:¨ STANDS AN OLD FRIEND. ¨:«†^%#@##
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###@%^†«:¨ ¨¨::¨¨ ¨:«†^%@###
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##@#%^†«:¨ WHEN YOU SLEEP ALL SOUND IS INTERNAL. ¨:«†^%#@##
#^†:¨¨¨¨¨¨ WHEN YOU SLEEP YOUR BRAIN SHRINKS. ¨¨¨¨¨¨:†^#
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#%%^^«««:¨ IF YOU WISH TO MEASURE SLEEP, USE THESE ¨:«««^^%%#
#%%††«¨¨¨¨ FOUR QUANTIFIERS:: GRIP, DEEPNESS, ¨¨¨¨«††%%#
@%††:¨¨¨¨¨ OTHERWORLDINESS AND REVITALIZATION. ¨¨¨¨¨:††%@
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@@@#%^†«:¨ GRIP GOES FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO LET GO ¨:«†^%#@@@
#^^††«¨¨¨¨ ALL DAY (LEFT) TO NOT CARING TO ¨¨¨¨«††^^#
##@#%^†«:¨ REMEMBER (RIGHT). ¨:«†^%#@##
##@#%^†«:¨ ¨:«†^%#@##
##@#%^†«:¨ DEEPNESS GOES FROM BEING SEVERAL ¨:«†^%#@##
@@@#%^†«:¨ HUNDRED METERS DOWN (LEFT) TO BARELY ¨:«†^%#@@@
####%^†«:¨ TOUCHING THE SURFACE (RIGHT). ¨:«†^%####
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##@#%^†«:¨ OTHERWORLDLINESS GOES FROM A SINGLE ¨:«†^%#@##
##@#%^†«:¨ COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL ¨:«†^%#@##
###@#^†«:¨ DREAM AMOUNTS (MIDDLE) TO NO DREAMS ¨:«†^#@###
##@#%^†«:¨ (RIGHT). ¨:«†^%#@##
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@%†::::¨¨¨ REVITALIZATION GOES FROM A FEELING OF ¨¨¨::::†%@
##@#%^†«:¨ NOT HAVING SLEPT AT ALL (LEFT) TO BEING ¨:«†^%#@##
#@##%^†«:¨ FULL OF ENERGY AND MAYBE OPTIMISM ¨:«†^%##@#
@@@#%^†«:¨ (RIGHT). ¨:«†^%#@@@
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#%^«:¨¨¨¨¨ HIGH OTHERWORLDLINESS AND HIGH GRIP IS ¨¨¨¨¨:«^%#
####%^†«:¨ A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO. ¨:«†^%####
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##@#%^†«:¨ ««††«« ¨:«†^%#@##
##@#%^†«:¨ ¨¨¨ SEE ALSO ¨¨¨ ¨:«†^%#@##
##@#%^†«:¨ ::««:: ¨:«†^%#@##
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##@#%^†«:¨ SLEEP DEITIES ¨:«†^%#@##
#%%^†:¨¨¨¨ THE BLACKBIRD ¨¨¨¨:†^%%#
##@#%^†«:¨ SOLIPSISM ¨:«†^%#@##
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##@#%^†«:¨ ¨¨¨ FURTHERMORE ¨¨¨ ¨:«†^%#@##
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@###%^†«:¨ THIS IS STILL A PLACE: HERE, IN THE ¨:«†^%###@
##@#%^†«:¨ SILENCE, DARKNESS AND NIGHT - AND ¨:«†^%#@##
####%^†«:¨ LONELINESS, HOLDING A KIND OF DILUTION ¨:«†^%####
#^^^^^†«:¨ OF REALITY, AND SUDDENLY IT'S NOT ¨:«†^^^^^#
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##@#%^†«:¨ LACK OF PRESENCE BRINGS THE NOTION ¨:«†^%#@##
##@#%^†«:¨ THAT, IF I DO NOT CHOOSE SLEEP, I ¨:«†^%#@##
##%†«¨¨¨¨¨ CHOOSE PAST, FUTURE, SOMETHING WITH ¨¨¨¨¨«†%##
##@#%^†«:¨ MORE SUBSTANCE THAN THE OBJECTS I ¨:«†^%#@##
##@#%^†«:¨ SURROUND MYSELF WITH. ¨:«†^%#@##
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