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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ I  FEEL  HELPLESS,  BUT  I MUST  TRY  TO ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ESCAPE. TO CRAWL  ON THE FLOOR SEARCHING ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ RELIEF, SUCH IS MY  NATURE. TURNING  THE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨     LIGHTS ON DOES NOTHING... GETTING    ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  OUTSIDE DOES NOTHING... DRINKING WATER  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ DOES  NOTING...  BUT TIME  DOES -  AFTER ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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=~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ I  GUESS? I  SHOULDN'T  BE  SO  RECKLESS ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~=
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^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ I  IMAGINE A PRICK ON  THE NOSE,  THAT'S ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ WHAT THESE  ARE. LIKE YOU DO WITH A  CAT ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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