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.,~==$&###            nothing is harmless           ###&$==~,.
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....,~==$& a dream is around  you,  but also inside &$==~,....
.....,~==$ you,  and  usually  you don't  leave the $==~,.....
......,~==             familiar modes.              ==~,......
.......,~=      sometimes you are careless, but     =~,.......
........,~ sometimes  the  nightmare comes to  you. ~,........
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.......... it may shock you. it may  lure  you  in. ..........
.......... even  if  you  are  afraid, it's  likely ..........
..........      you're just dreaming normally.      ..........
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.......... a nightmare  sinks it's teeth in  you. a ..........
..........      nightmare follows you back up.      ..........
..........         waking is not escaping.          ..........
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.......... it dissolves  or  it lingers.  maybe  it ..........
.........,          crawls away and hides.          ,.........
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.......,~= or  it could be a parasite that has been =~,.......
......,~== growing inside  you, graceful enough not ==~,......
.....,~==$                 to kill.                 $==~,.....
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