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@%†*~:....         internal visionary state         ....:~*†%@
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#£@%†*~:..            the spirit travels            ..:~*†%@£#
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£@%†*~:...                  a cost                  ...:~*†%@£
#£@%†*~:..                (anecdote)                ..:~*†%@£#
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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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#£@%†*~:..                    ::                    ..:~*†%@£#
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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.             .:~*†%@£##
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£@%†*~:... 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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