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&.&.&&..&. INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE &.&.&.&...
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...&&&&.&. THE SPIRIT TRAVELS ......&.&.
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&&&&...&.& 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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.&.&.&&... 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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...&&&&..& 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 .&...&&..&
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...&.&&.&. OUTSIDE DOES NOTHING... DRINKING WATER .&.&&&&&&.
..&&&.&&&. DOES NOTING... BUT TIME DOES - AFTER &&&.....&.
.&..&&..&. THIRTY SECONDS I'M NORMAL AGAIN, ..&....&&.
&&.&.&.&&. DOUBTING ANYTHING OF THIS HAPPENED IN .&&...&.&.
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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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&&&&.&.&&. 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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