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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. ....:;;%@@
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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 .:«;††%@@#
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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 ......«†@#
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##@@%†;«:. my eyes are still tense though, scared. .:«;†%@@##
###@%†;«:. i don't know what to make. .:«;†%@###
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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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