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........=†                                          †=........
.......=†% #&.....................................& %†=.......
......=†%§             .             .              §%†=......
.....=†%§&              . the dream  .              &§%†=.....
....=†%§&@          . of being swallowed .          @&§%†=....
...=†%§&@#            . by the beast. .             #@&§%†=...
..=†%§&@##                   .   .                  ##@&§%†=..
...=†%§&@# #&.....................................& #@&§%†=...
....=†%§&@                                          @&§%†=....
.....=†%§& #     inside     ================      # &§%†=.....
......=†%§ .  an  animal  . as  if  .  to  be  safe §%†=......
.......=†%                                          %†=.......
........=†          ..####@#...###...###.           †=........
.........= =..####         =..###=..         ####=. =.........
.......... =..####         =..###=..         ####=. ..........
.......... the  dream  of  resting  inside  another ..........
.......... animal.    thats    how    it    starts, ..........
.........= =..     with     the      dream,     ..= =.........
........=†          =..####=..###=..####=.          †=........
.......=†% but  this time i was curious of where it %†=.......
......=†%§ was                               going, §%†=......
.....=†%§& @††            ==========            ††@ &§%†=.....
....=†%§&@ ††  == == ==  == == ==  == ==  == ==  †† @&§%†=....
...=†%§&@#                                          #@&§%†=...
..=†%§&@## the    first    gate    is    the   lips ##@&§%†=..
...=†%§&@#                                          #@&§%†=...
....=†%§&@ .   .   to   get   at  the   throat.   . @&§%†=....
.....=†%§&                                          &§%†=.....
......=†%§ to   be  falling  into  the  water,  the §%†=......
.......=†% ocean, the  void, but it must be done in %†=.......
........=† the right way - in a  very specific way. †=........
.........=                                          =.........
.......... †...===========††††.......†.====.....†.  ..........
..........             ...†††††††....†=.            ..........
..........     ...†††===.†=†††=...†====†††††††.     ..........
.........=          ....†.==.††.††††††††††          =.........
........=† †††††††††††††††††††††      ††††††††††††† †=........
.......=†%  it's not a bad feeling, at first. it's  %†=.......
......=†%§   slow... graceful... but then it gets   §%†=......
.....=†%§&         too much and you faint.          &§%†=.....
....=†%§&@    †#..†=....=.===============†††††††    @&§%†=....
...=†%§&@# ††††††††††††† (you will feel very close  #@&§%†=...
..=†%§&@##                to nature)                ##@&§%†=..
...=†%§&@#    †#..†=....=.===============†††††††    #@&§%†=...
....=†%§&@ ††††††††††††† (you will feel very close  @&§%†=....
.....=†%§&     to the beast that is everything)     &§%†=.....
......=†%§    †#..†=....=.===============†††††††    §%†=......
.......=†%   ††††††††††††† (only through its help)  %†=.......
........=†    †#..†=....=.===============†† (very   †=........
.........= hard to get here without the aid of the  =.........
..........   beast) ††† (state where the human is   ..........
..........      submerged in the animal) ††† ††     ..........
..........    (becoming the animal) ††† (forget     ..........
.........=  everything else) ††† †† (my soul is the =.........
........=†   beast's soul) ††† (a sludgy sense of   †=........
.......=†%    satisfaction. it's good) ††† (it's    %†=.......
......=†%§   good) ††† †† (breathing heavily) †††   §%†=......
.....=†%§&      ††† †† (the two souls will move     &§%†=.....
....=†%§&@  together) ††† (merge and dissolve) †††  @&§%†=....
...=†%§&@#   (collective body) ††† (rearranged and  #@&§%†=...
..=†%§&@##   reordered) ††† (the individual is not  ##@&§%†=..
...=†%§&@#              so important)               #@&§%†=...
....=†%§&@                                          @&§%†=....
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