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###@%†=«^. INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE .^«=†%@###
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###@%†=«^. THE SPIRIT TRAVELS .^«=†%@###
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@%†«...... A COST ......«†%@
###@%†=«^. (ANECDOTE) .^«=†%@###
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@††«^..... .....^«††@
@††««..... I WAKE SUDDENLY, AND FOR A SECOND .....««††@
###@%†=«^. 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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#@%====«^. THERE ARE CIRCLES AND CROSSES INSCRIBED .^«====%@#
@%=^...... ALL OVER MY VISION, PRESSING IN, BEING ......^=%@
@%=««^.... ALMOST HOSTILE. I CAN FEEL THEM SQUIRM, ....^««=%@
###@%†=«^. THEIR INTERNAL LOGIC CHANGING AND .^«=†%@###
####@%†=«. GRINDING TRENCHES IN MY MIND. IT'S LIKE .«=†%@####
###@%†=«^. LANGUAGE, SENTENCES I CAN'T HIDE FROM, .^«=†%@###
#@%%===«^. FORCEFULLY TRANSCRIBED IN MY MIND, AND .^«===%%@#
##@%=«.... DOING DAMAGE THERE. ....«=%@##
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@%%=«..... THEN I REALIZE I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING .....«=%%@
###@%†=«^. BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THERE .^«=†%@###
###@%†=«^. ALREADY, DRONING EVERYTHING OUT, A .^«=†%@###
####@%†=^. RAPID MELODY, ALMOST CAUSTIC IN IT'S .^=†%@####
#@%=«^.... PARTICULAR MICROTONALITY. ....^«=%@#
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#%†††==«^. ^^ .^«==†††%#
@†=««^.... ....^««=†@
#%†=^^^^^. MY SURROUNDINGS ARE ENTIRELY CALM. IT'S .^^^^^=†%#
###@%†=«^. ALMOST MOCKING. .^«=†%@###
###@%†=«^. .^«=†%@###
@@@†««.... 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 .^«=†%@@@@
##%%=^.... THIRTY SECONDS I'M NORMAL AGAIN, ....^=%%##
###@%†=«^. DOUBTING ANYTHING OF THIS HAPPENED IN .^«=†%@###
#%%%%†=«^. THE FIRST PLACE. .^«=†%%%%#
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#%=«^..... MY EYES ARE STILL TENSE THOUGH, SCARED. .....^«=%#
####%†=«^. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE. .^«=†%####
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#@%%†=^... BUT I'M TIRED. ...^=†%%@#
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###@%†=«^. THIS CAN HAPPEN IF YOU WANDER TOO FAR, .^«=†%@###
@†††==«^.. I GUESS? I SHOULDN'T BE SO RECKLESS ..^«==†††@
###@%†=«^. WHEN DREAMING? .^«=†%@###
#@%==^.... I IMAGINE A PRICK ON THE NOSE, THAT'S ....^==%@#
#@@%=««... WHAT THESE ARE. LIKE YOU DO WITH A CAT ...««=%@@#
###@%†=«^. WHO COMES TO CLOSE TO YOUR SANDWICH... .^«=†%@###
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