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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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....^-=%@£ 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. ^.........
.......... ..........
.........^ 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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..^-=%@£¶@ 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. -^........
.......^-= =-^.......
......^-=% my eyes are still tense though, scared. %=-^......
.....^-=%@ i don't know what to make. @%=-^.....
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.....^-=%@ this can happen if you wander too far, @%=-^.....
......^-=% 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 ^.........
.......... who comes to close to your sandwich... ..........
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