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:«........ time is a series of frames if thats what ........«:
%:«....... you believe, and they  are so short that .......«:%
*%:«...... your consciousness spans a bunch of them ......«:%*
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#@#*%:«...                 you percieve             ...«:%*#@#
##@#*%:«..               all of these               ..«:%*#@##
#@#*%:«...                simultaneously            ...«:%*#@#
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@#*%:«.... with  training  or  cannabis  (or  other ....«:%*#@
#@#*%:«...   drug ring -based chemicals), you can   ...«:%*#@#
##@#*%:«.. hone the  senses, reduce  time blur  and ..«:%*#@##
#@#*%:«... see   only  one   fragment,   like   so: ...«:%*#@#
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«......... and the people  around you  can be  more .........«
:«........  concentrated in another fragment even   ........«:
%:«....... if  they  are physically  manifested  in .......«:%
*%:«...... the  one  you  are  percieving,  so  you ......«:%*
#*%:«..... exist  with   an  offset,  never  really .....«:%*#
@#*%:«....    actually meeting with each other.     ....«:%*#@
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##@#*%:«.. this is, in fact, one of my older fears; ..«:%*#@##
#@#*%:«... that everyone around me obviously  exist ...«:%*#@#
@#*%:«.... in   this  moment,  but  they   are  not ....«:%*#@
#*%:«..... conscious - they  were here  a long time .....«:%*#
*%:«...... ago  and  all  their  actions  are  just ......«:%*
%:«.......              stored in time.             .......«:%
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«......... so that even though  i am among friends, .........«
..........          i am completely alone.          ..........
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