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#@##$%\~-. the dream of resting inside another .-~\%$##@#
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#@##$%\~-. ~-. with the dream, .-~ .-~\%$##@#
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#@##$%\~-. but this time i was curious of where it .-~\%$##@#
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#@##$%\~-. to be falling into the water, the .-~\%$##@#
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#$$%\\-... too much and you faint. ...-\\%$$#
@#$\--.... \#--\~----~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\\\\\\ ....--\$#@
@##$%\\~-. \\\\\\\\\\\\\ (you will feel very close .-~\\%$##@
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#@##$%\~-. \#--\~----~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\\\\\\ .-~\%$##@#
##@#$%\~-. \\\\\\\\\\\\\ (you will feel very close .-~\%$#@##
@#$$%~~... to the beast that is everything) ...~~%$$#@
####$%\~-. \#--\~----~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\\\\\\ .-~\%$####
##%~~-.... \\\\\\\\\\\\\ (only through its help) ....-~~%##
###$$%\~-. \#--\~----~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\ (very .-~\%$$###
#@##$%\~-. hard to get here without the aid of the .-~\%$##@#
#@##$%\~-. beast) \\\ (state where the human is .-~\%$##@#
#@##$%\~-. submerged in the animal) \\\ \\ .-~\%$##@#
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#%%%~..... everything else) \\\ \\ (my soul is the .....~%%%#
#@##$%\~-. beast's soul) \\\ (a sludgy sense of .-~\%$##@#
@#$%~--... satisfaction. it's good) \\\ (it's ...--~%$#@
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#@##$%\~-. \\\ \\ (the two souls will move .-~\%$##@#
@#$\~~.... together) \\\ (merge and dissolve) \\\ ....~~\$#@
@###$%\~-. (collective body) \\\ (rearranged and .-~\%$###@
#@##$%\~-. reordered) \\\ (the individual is not .-~\%$##@#
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