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.~=^§&#¶@#             .~^&¶@####@¶&^~.             #@¶#&§^=~.
.~=^§&#¶##         ...~~=&@ DREAMS @&=~~...         ##¶#&§^=~.
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.~=^§§&#¶@         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         @¶#&§§^=~.
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.~=^§&##¶@            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            @¶##&§^=~.
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.~=^^§§§&¶                   .=.                    ¶&§§§^^=~.
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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.        @#§§==~...
.~=^§&#¶@#                                          #@¶#&§^=~.
.~=^§&##¶¶ THEN  THE  FEAR  HITS  ME  AND  I   FEEL ¶¶##&§^=~.
.~=^§&#¶@#   ACUTELY SICK. SOMETHING IS =WRONG=.    #@¶#&§^=~.
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.~=^§&¶@##                    ..                    ##@¶&§^=~.
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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.           #@¶#&§^=~.
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.~=^§&#¶@# 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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