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&&&.&&&... EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY CALM AND DEAD &&.....&&&
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&.&&..&&.& ALL OVER MY VISION, PRESSING IN, BEING .&&&.&..&.
&&.&.&.&&. ALMOST HOSTILE. I CAN FEEL THEM SQUIRM, &..&&&.&&&
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&.....&&.& 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 &&.&&....&
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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, &&&&.&.&.&
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.&&&&.&.&& I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE. &&&..&.&&.
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&.&&&&.&.& 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 &&..&..&.&
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