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.:-==$§@##         internal visionary state         ##@§$==-:.
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....:-=§§@            the spirit travels            @§§=-:....
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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     #§§=-.....
.:-==$§@## grinding trenches in my  mind. it's like ##@§$==-:.
.:-==$§### language,  sentences  i can't hide from, ###§$==-:.
.:-==$§§@# forcefully transcribed  in my mind,  and #@§§$==-:.
.:-==$§@##           doing damage there.            ##@§$==-:.
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....:==$@# then  i  realize  i can't hear  anything #@$==:....
......:=$@      because there's something there     @$=:......
.:-==$§@##    already, droning everything out, a    ##@§$==-:.
.:-==$§@## rapid  melody,  almost  caustic  in it's ##@§$==-:.
.::::-=§§#        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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