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.,~*†$&#@# INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE #@#&$†*~,.
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.,~*†$&#@# THE SPIRIT TRAVELS #@#&$†*~,.
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.,~~**†$&@ I WAKE SUDDENLY, AND FOR A SECOND @&$†**~~,.
.,~*†$&### EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY CALM AND DEAD ###&$†*~,.
.,~*†$&#@# SILENT. IT'S DARK, AND WARM, AND I #@#&$†*~,.
..,~*†††$# SLOWLY START TO PIECE TOGETHER MY #$†††*~,..
.,~*†$&### CONSCIOUSNESS AND MY BODY. ###&$†*~,.
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.,~*†$&#@# THEN THE FEAR HITS ME AND I FEEL #@#&$†*~,.
.,~*††$$$& ACUTELY SICK. SOMETHING IS ~WRONG~. &$$$††*~,.
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.,~**†$$$& ALL OVER MY VISION, PRESSING IN, BEING &$$$†**~,.
...~**$$$# ALMOST HOSTILE. I CAN FEEL THEM SQUIRM, #$$$**~...
.,,~~~*$## THEIR INTERNAL LOGIC CHANGING AND ##$*~~~,,.
.,~*†$&### GRINDING TRENCHES IN MY MIND. IT'S LIKE ###&$†*~,.
.,~*†$&@## LANGUAGE, SENTENCES I CAN'T HIDE FROM, ##@&$†*~,.
.,,,~††&&# FORCEFULLY TRANSCRIBED IN MY MIND, AND #&&††~,,,.
....,**$#@ DOING DAMAGE THERE. @#$**,....
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.,~*†$&&&& THEN I REALIZE I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING &&&&$†*~,.
.,~**†$&&# BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THERE #&&$†**~,.
.,~*†$&##@ ALREADY, DRONING EVERYTHING OUT, A @##&$†*~,.
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.,~*†$&@## ALMOST MOCKING. ##@&$†*~,.
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.,~*†$&#@# I FEEL HELPLESS, BUT I MUST TRY TO #@#&$†*~,.
.,~*†$&#@# ESCAPE. TO CRAWL ON THE FLOOR SEARCHING #@#&$†*~,.
.,~*†$&@## RELIEF, SUCH IS MY NATURE. TURNING THE ##@&$†*~,.
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.,~*†$&#@# MY EYES ARE STILL TENSE THOUGH, SCARED. #@#&$†*~,.
.,~†$&#@## I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE. ##@#&$†~,.
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.,~*†$&#@# I GUESS? I SHOULDN'T BE SO RECKLESS #@#&$†*~,.
.,~*†$&#@# WHEN DREAMING? #@#&$†*~,.
.,~*†$&#@@ I IMAGINE A PRICK ON THE NOSE, THAT'S @@#&$†*~,.
.,~*†$&##@ WHAT THESE ARE. LIKE YOU DO WITH A CAT @##&$†*~,.
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