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........-~ OK THIS  IS  SO  WEIRD FOR  ME, HOLD  ON ~-........
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......-~^$ I'M IN A  FUNNEL, I'M IN  ONE  OF  THOSE $^~-......
.....-~^$%      SPEED METER THINGS, I'M ZOOMING     %$^~-.....
....-~^$%§      THROUGH, NEVER REACHING THE END     §%$^~-....
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..-~^$%§#@ AND  NOW  THE  WIND IS CONSCIOUSNESS AND @#§%$^~-..
.-~^$%§#@# THE FUNNEL  IS MY BODY - WHEN I'M INSIDE #@#§%$^~-.
..-~^$%§#@ I  FAIL  TO SEE  THAT  I'M ALL  THE SAME @#§%$^~-..
...-~^$%§#           THING, WE'RE THE SAME          #§%$^~-...
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.....-~^$% ONE  WINTER  DAY  I  THINK  YEAR  TWENTY %$^~-.....
......-~^$ ELEVEN  OR MAYBE EARLIER,  POSSIBLY MUCH $^~-......
.......-~^ EARLIER, I WALKED OUT  ALONE ON THE LAKE ^~-.......
........-~ FOLLOWING   A   FOX    TRAIL,   A   THIN ~-........
.........- SNOW-COVERED  ICE, A  STUPID  GIRL,  AND -.........
.......... THE FOX WRAPS HIS  TAIL AROUND ME,  IT'S ..........
.........- IMPOSSIBLY LARGE, AND I'M  BURROWED,  IT -.........
........-~       FEELS NICE, AND THAT'S THAT        ~-........
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