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¶¶&*%«««,¨         ¨¨¨,,«*# dreams #*«,,¨¨¨         ¨,«««%*&¶¶
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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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&%«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                    ,,                    ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«%&
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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.            ¨,«:%*&¶¶#
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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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#&%:,¨¨¨¨¨                    ,,                    ¨¨¨¨¨,:%&#
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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. ¨¨¨¨,:%%*¶
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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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