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^~/§$#@###         ...^^~$# dreams #$~^^...         ###@#$§/~^
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.....^~§##         internal visionary state         ##§~^.....
.^~/§$#@##                                          ##@#$§/~^.
.^~/§$#@##            the spirit travels            ##@#$§/~^.
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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.        ##§§§§/~^.
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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. #§§§~.....
.....~§$@# i    don't    know   what    to    make. #@$§~.....
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.^~/§$#@##              but i'm tired.              ##@#$§/~^.
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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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