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.^~*†$#@## everything is  completely calm and  dead ##@#$†*~^.
.^~*†$£#@# silent.  it's  dark,  and  warm,  and  i #@#£$†*~^.
.^~*†$£#@# slowly   start  to  piece  together   my #@#£$†*~^.
.^~*†$£#@#        consciousness and my body.        #@#£$†*~^.
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.^~*†$£#@@ then  the  fear  hits  me  and  i   feel @@#£$†*~^.
....^~**†£   acutely sick. something is ~wrong~.    £†**~^....
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.^~*†††$$# all  over my  vision, pressing in, being #$$†††*~^.
....^**†£@ 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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.^~*†$£#@# then  i realize  i  can't  hear anything #@#£$†*~^.
.^~*†$£#@#     because there's something there      #@#£$†*~^.
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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 £££†*~^...
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...^^*$$$£  outside does nothing... drinking water  £$$$*^^...
.^~*†$#@## does noting... but  time  does  -  after ##@#$†*~^.
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.^~*†$£#@@ doubting anything  of  this  happened in @@#£$†*~^.
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.^~*†$£@## i   don't    know    what    to    make. ##@£$†*~^.
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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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