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.^=:=£#@##            the spirit travels            ##@#£=:=^.
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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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.^=:=£#@@@ 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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.^=:=£#@## 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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