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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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.....--†$$ all  over my  vision, pressing in, being $$†--.....
......--†$ 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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...--†$$£@ i   don't    know    what    to    make. @£$$†--...
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.......--† this  can happen if you wander  too far, †--.......
........-- i  guess?  i  shouldn't  be so  reckless --........
.........-              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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