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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 .###......
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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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..#..#.##. 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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