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:.........       CALL THE AETHER, DISTORTIONS,      .........:
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:......... CIRCUMSTANCES, PECULIAR ONES, FOLDED IN  .........:
~:........ LIKE  LIQUID  CRYSTALS, APPEARING AS  IF ........:~
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†^~:...... FOURTH DIMENSION  (USUALLY  MORE OR LESS ......:~^†
$†^~:.....              UNCOMFORTABLE)              .....:~^†$
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:.........             SOMETHING WORSE.             .........:
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:.........  CASE OF NIGHTMARES, EVIL MEDITATION, OR .........:
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^~:.......  LIVING BEHIND THE CURTAIN, SO TO SPEAK, .......:~^
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@#&$†^~:..   (TOTEMS? CHARMS?), TREES, AND OTHER    ..:~^†$&#@
#&$†^~:...              SUCH THINGS...              ...:~^†$&#
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