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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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