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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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