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.....^~$¤@              .LIZARDRY                   @¤$~^.....
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.^~:$%¤@## ##      THE ART OF C^NNECTING            ##@¤%$:~^.
.^~:$$$%¤@        .    WITH THE OLD MIND            @¤%$$$:~^.
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....~~$$%@             MY MIND IS BEING SKEWED. MI  @%$$~~....
.^~:$%¤@##  SKELETON IS STRINGY AND OLD AND ALIEN   ##@¤%$:~^.
.~:$%¤@###             THE SITUATION IS LITERALLY   ###@¤%$:~.
......~~$¤ PRESSED OUT THROUGH MY EYES, IT'S        ¤$~~......
.^~:$%¤@## ECHOING LIKE                             ##@¤%$:~^.
.^~:$%%%%@             THE SUNSET OF THE ETERNAL    @%%%%$:~^.
.^~:$%¤@## OCEAN                                    ##@¤%$:~^.
.^~~~$$%@#         PERSISTENTLY AGAINST MY EMULSION #@%$$~~~^.
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....^~$%%@    IT'S UNGRASPABLE TO ME, WHAT OTHER    @%%$~^....
.^~:$%¤@##   HUMANS ARE DOING AND ABSTRACTING,      ##@¤%$:~^.
.^~:$%¤@##  AND ABOVE ALL ELSE, WHAT TIME THEY USE? ##@¤%$:~^.
......~$¤# HOW LONG A TIME HAS PASSED, FOR THEM?    #¤$~......
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.^~:$%¤@##   CONTINUOUSLY I'M CROWDING THROUGH      ##@¤%$:~^.
.^~:$%¤@## . THE FOURTH WALL  ^OUTWARDS IS WHAT   . ##@¤%$:~^.
...~~~$%@@ .. I'M THINKING BUT IT'S WRONG.. A NEW   @@%$~~~...
.....^^:%¤ . . NARRATOR IS INTRODUCED, OCCASIONALLY ¤%:^^.....
.^~:$%¤@## ^  ^ AWARE OF THE PREVIOUS ONE, DEEPER . ##@¤%$:~^.
.^~:$%¤@## ^   ^ DOWN IN THE DRAGONS THROAT.        ##@¤%$:~^.
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