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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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