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§§=^-.....         internal visionary state         .....-^=§§
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@#§§=^-...            the spirit travels            ...-^=§§#@
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#§§=^-....                   .-.                    ....-^=§§#
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§=^-......                  a cost                  ......-^=§
=^-.......                (anecdote)                .......-^=
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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.           .....-^=§§
#§§=^-....                                          ....-^=§§#
@#§§=^-... 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.              ....-^=§§#
@#§§=^-...                                          ...-^=§§#@
#@#§§=^-.. 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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