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¨.«†$&#@##         internal visionary state         ##@#&$†«.¨
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¨.«†$&#@##            the spirit travels            ##@#&$†«.¨
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¨.«†$&#@##                  a cost                  ##@#&$†«.¨
¨.«†$&#@##                (anecdote)                ##@#&$†«.¨
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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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¨.«†$&#@## there are circles and crosses  inscribed ##@#&$†«.¨
¨.«†$&#@## all  over my vision,  pressing in, being ##@#&$†«.¨
¨.«†$&#@## almost hostile. i can  feel them squirm, ##@#&$†«.¨
¨¨¨.«††&@#     their internal logic changing and    #@&††«.¨¨¨
¨.«†$$$&&@ grinding trenches in my mind.  it's like @&&$$$†«.¨
¨¨¨¨¨«$#@@ language, sentences  i  can't hide from, @@#$«¨¨¨¨¨
¨.«†$&#@## forcefully transcribed in  my mind,  and ##@#&$†«.¨
¨.«†$&#@##            doing damage there.           ##@#&$†«.¨
¨.«†$&#@##                                          ##@#&$†«.¨
¨.«†$&#@## then i  realize  i can't  hear  anything ##@#&$†«.¨
¨¨¨¨.†$&##     because there's something there      ##&$†.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨«††&@    already, droning everything out, a    @&††«¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨.««$### rapid  melody,  almost  caustic  in it's ###$««.¨¨¨
¨.«†$&#@##         particular microtonality.        ##@#&$†«.¨
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¨.«†&#@### my surroundings are entirely calm.  it's ###@#&†«.¨
¨¨¨.«$&###              almost mocking.             ###&$«.¨¨¨
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¨.«†$&#### i feel  helpless,  but  i  must  try  to ####&$†«.¨
¨¨¨¨..««$# escape. to  crawl on the floor searching #$««..¨¨¨¨
¨.«†$&#@## relief,  such is my nature. turning  the ##@#&$†«.¨
¨.«†$&####     lights on does nothing... getting    ####&$†«.¨
¨.«†$&####  outside does nothing... drinking water  ####&$†«.¨
¨.«†$&#@## does noting...  but  time  does -  after ##@#&$†«.¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨«$##     thirty seconds i'm normal again,     ##$«¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.«††$# doubting  anything of  this happened  in #$††«.¨¨¨¨
¨.«†$&@###             the first place.             ###@&$†«.¨
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¨¨¨¨¨.«$&@ my eyes are still tense  though, scared. @&$«.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.«««$$&&@ i    don't    know    what   to    make. @&&$$«««.¨
¨.«†$&#@##                                          ##@#&$†«.¨
¨.«†$&#@##              but i'm tired.              ##@#&$†«.¨
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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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