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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. §§§§†~....
.,~=†§§§§§                                          §§§§§†=~,.
.,~=†§§#@# =,,,~~~~~~~~~~~====,,,,,,,=,~~~~,,,,,=,  #@#§§†=~,.
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....~==§§#     ,,,===~~~,=~===~,,,=~~~~=======,     #§§==~....
....,=†§§§          ,,,,=,~~,==,==========          §§§†=,....
.,~=†§§§§# =====================      ============= #§§§§†=~,.
.,~=†§§###  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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