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......,~;%         ...,,~$# dreams #$~,,...         %;~,......
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....,~;%$§         internal visionary state         §$%;~,....
.....,~;%$                                          $%;~,.....
......,~;%            the spirit travels            %;~,......
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...,~;%$§@                  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.         §$%;~,....
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......,~;% my  surroundings are entirely calm. it's %;~,......
.....,~;%$              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.              #@§$%;~,..
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...,~;%$§@                  ,,~;~,,                 @§$%;~,...
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......,~;% this can  happen if  you wander too far, %;~,......
.......,~; i  guess?  i  shouldn't  be so  reckless ;~,.......
......,~;%              when dreaming?              %;~,......
.....,~;%$ 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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