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###¤%%:~., , an animal , as if , to be safe ,.~:%%¤###
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¤%:~~,,,,, the dream of resting inside another ,,,,,~~:%¤
###¤%%:~., animal. thats how it starts, ,.~:%%¤###
###¤%%:~., ~., with the dream, ,.~ ,.~:%%¤###
###¤%%:~., ~.,####~.,###~.,####~, ,.~:%%¤###
#%:~~~,,,, but this time i was curious of where it ,,,,~~~:%#
###¤%%:~., was going, ,.~:%%¤###
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¤¤¤%~..,,, to be falling into the water, the ,,,..~%¤¤¤
¤¤%%%::~., ocean, the void, but it must be done in ,.~::%%%¤¤
#%:.,,,,,, the right way - in a very specific way. ,,,,,,.:%#
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###¤%%:~., ::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: ,.~:%%¤###
###¤%%:~., it's not a bad feeling, at first. it's ,.~:%%¤###
#¤¤%%%:~., slow... graceful... but then it gets ,.~:%%%¤¤#
###¤%%:~., too much and you faint. ,.~:%%¤###
#¤%%%~.,,, :#..:~....~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::::::: ,,,.~%%%¤#
¤%~.,,,,,, ::::::::::::: (you will feel very close ,,,,,,.~%¤
¤%%%~.,,,, to nature) ,,,,.~%%%¤
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##%:~..,,, ::::::::::::: (you will feel very close ,,,..~:%##
¤%:~~,,,,, to the beast that is everything) ,,,,,~~:%¤
#¤%%:::~., :#..:~....~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::::::: ,.~:::%%¤#
###¤%%:~., ::::::::::::: (only through its help) ,.~:%%¤###
###¤%%:~., :#..:~....~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:: (very ,.~:%%¤###
¤%:~~,,,,, hard to get here without the aid of the ,,,,,~~:%¤
###¤%%:~., beast) ::: (state where the human is ,.~:%%¤###
#%%%%:~.,, submerged in the animal) ::: :: ,,.~:%%%%#
###¤%%:~., (becoming the animal) ::: (forget ,.~:%%¤###
####%%:~., everything else) ::: :: (my soul is the ,.~:%%####
###¤%%:~., beast's soul) ::: (a sludgy sense of ,.~:%%¤###
##%:~...,, satisfaction. it's good) ::: (it's ,,...~:%##
####%%:~., good) ::: :: (breathing heavily) ::: ,.~:%%####
###¤%%:~., ::: :: (the two souls will move ,.~:%%¤###
####¤%:~., together) ::: (merge and dissolve) ::: ,.~:%¤####
###¤%%:~., (collective body) ::: (rearranged and ,.~:%%¤###
¤¤%~~~~~., reordered) ::: (the individual is not ,.~~~~~%¤¤
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