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#@@#@*:~-. . the dream . .-~:*@#@@#
#@@#@*:~-. . of being swallowed . .-~:*@#@@#
@##*:::~-. . by the beast. . .-~:::*##@
##@***:~-. . . .-~:***@##
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##@@#*:~-. # inside ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # .-~:*#@@##
##@*~~~~-. . an animal . as if . to be safe .-~~~~*@##
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#*~---.... ~-.#### ~-.###~-. ####~. ....---~*#
#@@#@*:~-. ~-.#### ~-.###~-. ####~. .-~:*@#@@#
#@:--..... the dream of resting inside another .....--:@#
#*:----... animal. thats how it starts, ...----:*#
##@@#@:~-. ~-. with the dream, .-~ .-~:@#@@##
@#**~-.... ~-.####~-.###~-.####~. ....-~**#@
@@@#@*:~-. but this time i was curious of where it .-~:*@#@@@
#@@#@*:~-. was going, .-~:*@#@@#
@#*::~~-.. @:: ~~~~~~~~~~ ::@ ..-~~::*#@
#@:-...... :: ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ :: ......-:@#
@#@::-.... ....-::@#@
#*:~...... the first gate is the lips ......~:*#
#@@#@*:~-. .-~:*@#@@#
@@@#@*:~-. . . to get at the throat. . .-~:*@#@@@
@#**~-.... ....-~**#@
#@@#@*:~-. to be falling into the water, the .-~:*@#@@#
@@@**~.... ocean, the void, but it must be done in ....~**@@@
#@@#@*:~-. the right way - in a very specific way. .-~:*@#@@#
##@@:~.... ....~:@@##
##@#@*:~-. :---~~~~~~~~~~~::::-------:-~~~~-----:- .-~:*@#@##
#@*:::--.. ---:::::::----:~- ..--:::*@#
##@#@*:~-. ---:::~~~-:~:::~---:~~~~:::::::- .-~:*@#@##
#@@#@*:~-. ----:-~~-::-:::::::::: .-~:*@#@@#
##@#@*:~-. ::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: .-~:*@#@##
#*:~~..... it's not a bad feeling, at first. it's .....~~:*#
##*~~--... slow... graceful... but then it gets ...--~~*##
##@@#@*:~- too much and you faint. -~:*@#@@##
@@@#@*:~-. :#--:~----~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::::::: .-~:*@#@@@
#@****:~-. ::::::::::::: (you will feel very close .-~:****@#
@###@*:~-. to nature) .-~:*@###@
@@**:--... :#--:~----~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::::::: ...--:**@@
@#@@*~.... ::::::::::::: (you will feel very close ....~*@@#@
#@@#@*:~-. to the beast that is everything) .-~:*@#@@#
#@@#@*:~-. :#--:~----~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::::::: .-~:*@#@@#
##@*~--... ::::::::::::: (only through its help) ...--~*@##
##@@:-.... :#--:~----~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:: (very ....-:@@##
#@@#@*:~-. hard to get here without the aid of the .-~:*@#@@#
@#@::::~-. beast) ::: (state where the human is .-~::::@#@
@@@*~~~-.. submerged in the animal) ::: :: ..-~~~*@@@
@#*:-..... (becoming the animal) ::: (forget .....-:*#@
@#**:~.... everything else) ::: :: (my soul is the ....~:**#@
#@@#@*:~-. beast's soul) ::: (a sludgy sense of .-~:*@#@@#
@@:~...... satisfaction. it's good) ::: (it's ......~:@@
@@#**::~-. good) ::: :: (breathing heavily) ::: .-~::**#@@
##@#@*:~-. ::: :: (the two souls will move .-~:*@#@##
##@#@*:~-. together) ::: (merge and dissolve) ::: .-~:*@#@##
##@@@*:~-. (collective body) ::: (rearranged and .-~:*@@@##
@@*:~..... reordered) ::: (the individual is not .....~:*@@
@@@:-..... so important) .....-:@@@
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