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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. @*^==,....
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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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....,==^*@ 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 =,........
........., 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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