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=~........              .LIZARDRY                   ........~=
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.......... @@      THE ART OF C.NNECTING            ..........
..........        .    WITH THE OLD MIND            ..........
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..........             MY MIND IS BEING SKEWED. MI  ..........
..........  SKELETON IS STRINGY AND OLD AND ALIEN   ..........
~.........             THE SITUATION IS LITERALLY   .........~
=~........ PRESSED OUT THROUGH MY EYES, IT'S        ........~=
==~....... ECHOING LIKE                             .......~==
*==~......             THE SUNSET OF THE ETERNAL    ......~==*
#*==~..... OCEAN                                    .....~==*#
@#*==~....         PERSISTENTLY AGAINST MY EMULSION ....~==*#@
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#@@#*==~..    IT'S UNGRASPABLE TO ME, WHAT OTHER    ..~==*#@@#
@@#*==~...   HUMANS ARE DOING AND ABSTRACTING,      ...~==*#@@
@#*==~....  AND ABOVE ALL ELSE, WHAT TIME THEY USE? ....~==*#@
#*==~..... HOW LONG A TIME HAS PASSED, FOR THEM?    .....~==*#
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=~........   CONTINUOUSLY I'M CROWDING THROUGH      ........~=
~......... . THE FOURTH WALL  .OUTWARDS IS WHAT   . .........~
.......... .. I'M THINKING BUT IT'S WRONG.. A NEW   ..........
.......... . . NARRATOR IS INTRODUCED, OCCASIONALLY ..........
.......... .  . AWARE OF THE PREVIOUS ONE, DEEPER . ..........
.......... .   . DOWN IN THE DRAGONS THROAT.        ..........
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