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.~=*%§#@##         ...::~%@ dreams @%~::...         ##@#§%*=~.
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.:~===***§         internal visionary state         §***===~:.
.:~=*%§#@#                                          #@#§%*=~:.
....:==*%#            the spirit travels            #%*==:....
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.:~=*%§§§#                   .~.                    #§§§%*=~:.
.:~=*%§#@#                                          #@#§%*=~:.
.:~=*%§###                  a cost                  ###§%*=~:.
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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.        @§§§%*=~:.
....~*%%§#                                          #§%%*~....
.:~=*%§#@# 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.           @§%%%*=~:.
...::=%%%#                                          #%%%=::...
.:~=****§# 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.              ##@§%*=~:.
.:~=*%§#@#                                          #@#§%*=~:.
.:~=*%%%§§ 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.             ###§%*=~:.
.:~=*%§#@#                                          #@#§%*=~:.
.:~~~~**§@ my eyes are still tense though,  scared. @§**~~~~:.
.:::=**%## i    don't   know    what    to    make. ##%**=:::.
.:~=*%§#@#                                          #@#§%*=~:.
.:~=*%§#@@              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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