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  ,           KETAMINE, KET, "HORSE TRANQUILIZER"           † 
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  ,        STILL UNKNOWN TO ME, OTHER  THAN THROUGH  ,        
              DREAMS*. APPARENTLY MADE FOR MAKING             
           HOLES. THEY  MAY BE DARK AND MONOCHROME.           
         ^               THEY MAY NOT.                        
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           WHITE  POWDER,  DOSED  BY  WAY  OF  KEY?           
                                                              
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           *A  RED  CYLINDER,  WIDE  AS  A  FINGER.           
                GLOSSY FRECKLED CERAMICS, WITH                
               SOMETHING ORGANIC INSIDE, BEING                
  ^        CORRUPTED BEFORE  YOUR EYES - TURNING TO           
           ASH, BUT  THERE'S NO FLAME. YOU  HOLD IT           
           UP TO  YOUR  NOSE,  SUCK IT  IN  WITH  A           
           SHARP  INHALE.  EXIT  TO   THE  BALCONY.           
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           HERE  ON  THE  FIFTH  FLOOR, WITH A VIEW    .      
           OVER   THE  PARKING  LOT,  THINGS  START           
                 FOLDING INTO EACH OTHER, LIKE                
            COLLAPSING A CARDBOARD BOX. DIMENSIONS            
             BECOMING FLAT AND ADJACENT. PRESSED              
           INTO EACH  OTHER. CREASES  ARE FLATTENED           
           OUT, DISTANCES  DISAPPEAR,  THE WORLD IS       .   
         . MANGLED  DOWN  TO  TWO  DIMENSIONS.  AND     .     
           SUDDENLY  LIGHT  FALLS  ON  THE EDGE  OF           
 .         EVERYTHING RATHER THAN  THE  SURFACE: IT           
                   ALL GOES COMPLETELY DARK.                  
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