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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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