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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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#@¤¤$*^«,¨                    ,,                    ¨,«^*$¤¤@#
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨,,^*¤
##@¤$*^«,¨        consciousness and my body.        ¨,«^*$¤@##
¤$^,,,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,,,^$¤
##@¤$*^«,¨ then  the  fear  hits  me   and  i  feel ¨,«^*$¤@##
@@$$**^«,¨    acutely sick. something is «wrong«.   ¨,«^**$$@@
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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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##@¤$*^«,¨                    ,,                    ¨,«^*$¤@##
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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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