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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 .....^=£££
###&£*=~^.   acutely sick. something is ~wrong~.    .^~=*£&###
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&££===~^^. 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     ....^^~=££
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##£&£*=~^. 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,     ....~==££&
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&&&&£*=~^.             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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&*=~^..... i  guess?  i  shouldn't  be so  reckless .....^~=*&
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##£&£*=~^. what these are.  like you do with  a cat .^~=*£&£##
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