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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 #@¶@£%†--¨
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¨--†%£@¶@# 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 @@¶@£%†--¨
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¨¨¨¨¨--%@¶    already, droning everything out, a    ¶@%--¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨--†%£¶ rapid  melody,  almost caustic  in  it's ¶£%†--¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-†%@        particular microtonality.         @%†-¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨--†£¶              almost mocking.             ¶£†--¨¨¨¨¨
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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 #@¶@£%†--¨
¨--†%£@¶@#     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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¨--†%£@¶@@ 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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