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...^~†%&¶#         ...^^~%# DREAMS #%~^^...         #¶&%†~^...
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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.             ¶&%†~^....
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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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...^~†%&¶#              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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