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.#.#....#. everything  is completely calm and  dead .##.#....#
#####...## silent.  it's  dark,  and  warm,  and  i .#.###...#
.....#..#. slowly   start  to  piece   together  my ####..#..#
#....##.##        consciousness and my body.        ....#.##.#
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###..###.# then  the  fear   hits  me  and  i  feel .#..#..##.
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.######.## 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 #.########
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.#...###.# rapid melody,  almost  caustic  in  it's #.#..#.#..
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#.....#.#. my surroundings are entirely calm.  it's #..##...##
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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 #...#.#..#
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........#. my eyes are still tense though,  scared. ##.###..#.
........## i    don't    know    what   to    make. #.##..#.##
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##..#.#### this can  happen if you wander too  far, .#...##..#
..#.###... i  guess?  i  shouldn't  be  so reckless ###..#.#.#
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.##..#.##. 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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