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..~-==%@##   INTRINSICALLY WEAVED WITHIN THE SPACE  ##@%==-~..
...~-==%@# BETWEEN WHAT  THE  BRAIN CONSTRUCTS  AND #@%==-~...
....~-==%@ THE REAL,  THE SPACE  WHICH  WE  USUALLY @%==-~....
.....~-==%      CALL THE AETHER, DISTORTIONS,       %==-~.....
....~-==%@       ANOMALIES, CAN APPEAR UNDER        @%==-~....
...~-==%@#  CIRCUMSTANCES, PECULIAR ONES, FOLDED IN #@%==-~...
..~-==%@## LIKE LIQUID CRYSTALS,  APPEARING  AS  IF ##@%==-~..
.~-==%@### YOU SUDDENLY  ROTATE YOUR HEAD  IN  SOME ###@%==-~.
..~-==%@## FOURTH DIMENSION (USUALLY  MORE OR  LESS ##@%==-~..
...~-==%@#              UNCOMFORTABLE)              #@%==-~...
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.....~-==% THE OPPOSER LOOKS LIKE A  CONCAVE SQUARE %==-~.....
....~-==%@ BALANCING  ON  A   CORNER,  WITH   ROUND @%==-~....
...~-==%@# CUTOUTS ALONG ITS  EDGES MAKING  IT LOOK #@%==-~...
..~-==%@## LIKE A POINTY  CROSS, OR  SOMETHING FROM ##@%==-~..
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.....~-==% SENSE. BUT I FEEL  AS IF THAT MIGHT BE A %==-~.....
....~-==%@   REDUCTION, THAT I'M INTERPRETING THE   @%==-~....
...~-==%@# TIP  OF  SOMETHING MUCH LARGER AND ALIEN #@%==-~...
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..~-==%@##  INSCRIBED ALL OVER YOUR VISION, IN THE  ##@%==-~..
.~-==%@### CASE OF NIGHTMARES, EVIL MEDITATION, OR  ###@%==-~.
..~-==%@##   DRUG-INDUCED TRANSCENDENTAL STATES.    ##@%==-~..
...~-==%@# LIVING BEHIND THE CURTAIN, SO TO SPEAK,  #@%==-~...
....~-==%@  IN THE LIQUID BETWEEN YOU AND THE WORLD @%==-~....
.....~-==%                YOU'RE IN.                %==-~.....
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...~-==%@#   BUT EVEN IN CALMER TIMES, IT'S NEVER   #@%==-~...
..~-==%@##  TOO FAR AWAY, AND YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF ##@%==-~..
.~-==%@###    TRANSFIXED BY FLOOR TILES, JEWELRY    ###@%==-~.
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