......^=\$                                          $\=^......
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...^=\$$@#                                          #@$$\=^...
..^=\$$@##                                          ##@$$\=^..
.^=\$$@### a  dystopian mc donalds toilet steals my ###@$$\=^.
..^=\$$@## agency. too much  agency already in this ##@$$\=^..
...^=\$$@# room.  saturated.  i can only do what it #@$$\=^...
....^=\$$@ wants    in    the    way   it    wants. @$$\=^....
.....^=\$$                                          $$\=^.....
......^=\$ =    \    =    =    \   =    =    \    = $\=^......
.......^=\                                          \=^.......
........^= but:  in  a  miracolous  fraction  of  a =^........
.......^=\ second, its  true  thoughts slip through \=^.......
......^=\$ to  me, previously unheard  even by  its $\=^......
.....^=\$$ builders  (the room  was  thought  to be $$\=^.....
....^=\$$@          without consciousness).         @$$\=^....
...^=\$$@#                                          #@$$\=^...
..^=\$$@## the  room  thinks about  creatures lying ##@$$\=^..
.^=\$$@### down,   going  off  to   sleep,   making ###@$$\=^.
..^=\$$@## themselves comfortable first... is this  ##@$$\=^..
...^=\$$@# only optimizing  a  resting position for #@$$\=^...
....^=\$$@ the  body?  or  is  there  another  will @$$\=^....
.....^=\$$                 involved?                $$\=^.....
......^=\$                                          $\=^......
.......^=\      a dark listening taking place,      \=^.......
........^=             a silent concert.            =^........
.......^=\                                          \=^.......
......^=\$ is  there  another  desire  injected  at $\=^......
.....^=\$$   hypnagogia? something from the other   $$\=^.....
....^=\$$@           side, guiding them,            @$$\=^....
...^=\$$@#         arranging their bodies.          #@$$\=^...
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.^=\$$@###                                          ###@$$\=^.
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