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*=~^...... #&.....................................& ......^~=*
$*=~^.....             .             .              .....^~=*$
&$*=~^....              . THE DREAM  .              ....^~=*$&
¶&$*=~^...          . OF BEING SWALLOWED .          ...^~=*$&¶
#¶&$*=~^..             . BY THE BEAST. .            ..^~=*$&¶#
##¶&$*=~^.                  .   .                   .^~=*$&¶##
#¶&$*=~^.. #&.....................................& ..^~=*$&¶#
¶&$*=~^...                                          ...^~=*$&¶
&$*=~^.... #     INSIDE      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     # ....^~=*$&
$*=~^..... .  AN  ANIMAL  .  AS  IF  .  TO BE  SAFE .....^~=*$
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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. .........^
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=~^....... =^^^~~~~~~~~~~~====^^^^^^^=^~~~~^^^^^=^  .......^~=
*=~^......             ^^^=======^^^^=~^            ......^~=*
$*=~^.....     ^^^===~~~^=~===~^^^=~~~~=======^     .....^~=*$
&$*=~^....          ^^^^=^~~^==^==========          ....^~=*$&
¶&$*=~^... =====================      ============= ...^~=*$&¶
#¶&$*=~^..  IT'S NOT A BAD FEELING, AT FIRST. IT'S  ..^~=*$&¶#
##¶&$*=~^.   SLOW... GRACEFUL... BUT THEN IT GETS   .^~=*$&¶##
#¶&$*=~^..          TOO MUCH AND YOU FAINT.         ..^~=*$&¶#
¶&$*=~^...    =#^^=~^^^^~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=======    ...^~=*$&¶
&$*=~^.... ============= (YOU WILL FEEL VERY CLOSE  ....^~=*$&
$*=~^.....                TO NATURE)                .....^~=*$
*=~^......    =#^^=~^^^^~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=======    ......^~=*
=~^.......  ============= (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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