#&%%%%/=~. .~=/%%%%
###&&%/=~. .~=/%&##
&&%//~~... ...~~//%&&
###&&%/=~. .~=/%&##
###&&%/=~. .~=/%&##
###&&%/=~. opposer.dream .~=/%&##
&%%%%%/=~. ======================================== .~=/%%%%%&
####&&/=~. .~=/&###
##&%//~... intrinsically weaved within the space ...~//%#
###&&%/=~. between what the brain constructs and .~=/%&##
#&&&&%/=~. the real, the space which we usually .~=/%&&&
####&%/=~. call the aether, distortions, .~=/%###
####&&/=~. anomalies, can appear under .~=/&###
&%%=~..... circumstances, peculiar ones, folded in .....~=%%&
&&%=~..... like liquid crystals, appearing as if .....~=%&&
#&&&//==~. you suddenly rotate your head in some .~==//&&
####&%/=~. fourth dimension (usually more or less .~=/%###
#&%%=~.... uncomfortable) ....~=%%
###&&%/=~. .~=/%&##
#&&//=~... the opposer looks like a concave square ...~=//&
&&%=~..... balancing on a corner, with round .....~=%&&
###&&%/=~. cutouts along its edges making it look .~=/%&##
###&&%/=~. like a pointy cross, or something from .~=/%&##
###&&%/=~. twewy .~=/%&##
##&&%/~... ...~/%&#
#&%==~.... it's hostile, maybe not conscious but ....~==%
#&&%%%/=~. active, perceiving, alive in some .~=/%%%&
&&&&/=~~~. sense. but i feel as if that might be a .~~~=/&&&&
####&%/=~. reduction, that i'm interpreting the .~=/%###
&&&&/=.... tip of something much larger and alien ....=/&&&&
##&&&%/=~. to me. maybe not alive, then, but .~=/%&&#
###&&%/=~. something worse. .~=/%&##
####&%/=~. .~=/%###
#&%/~..... .....~/%
###&&%/=~. ~ .~=/%&##
###&&%/=~. / .~=/%&##
#&%%===~.. .. %% .. ..~===%%
###&&%/=~. ======... %%% ..===. .~=/%&##
&&&&&%/=~. ===.. =&&& .....== .~=/%&&&&&
###&&%/=~. == &&&&= =. .~=/%&##
####&&%/~. .= /&&&&&& . .~/%&###
###&&%/=~. ###/ / .~=/%&##
&%=....... // # .......=%&
###&&%/=~. ===&&&////%###% /&/=====~ .~=/%&##
###&&%/=~. ~~~=&&&&&// %####/////&&&&&%%%/~~~ .~=/%&##
###&&%/=~. = /#/ &&===~ .~=/%&##
&&%=~~.... /#/ / ....~~=%&&
###&&%/=~. .= /&&&&&/ .~=/%&##
###&&%/=~. == =&&&&& =. .~=/%&##
###&&%/=~. .==. &&& ==. .~=/%&##
&%/~~..... ====.... %%= ..====== .....~~/%&
&%=....... // ..... .......=%&
###&&%/=~. / .~=/%&##
&&%%%%/=~. ~ .~=/%%%%&&
####&&%/=~ ~=/%&###
&&%///~... various forms like these ...~///%&&
####&%/=~. .~=/%###
###&&%/=~. %#% .~=/%&##
###&&%/=~. .#&/ .~=/%&##
###&&%/=~. ~&&~ .~=/%&##
###&&%/=~. ~~ .~=/%&##
###&&%/=~. ~. .~=/%&##
&%//=..... .~ .....=//%&
##&%%/=... ~~ ...=/%%#
#&%///==~. ~&&~ .~==///%
###&&%/=~. . ./#&/. . .~=/%&##
#&&&%===~. %##%=~.. ~..~=%########%=~.. ~..~=%##% .~===%&&
#&/=~~.... %###%=~..~ ..~=%########%=~..~ ..~=%###% ....~~=/
#&%/~..... =. ./#&/. .= .....~/%
##&//~.... ~&&~ ....~//#
&&&&//~... ~~ ...~//&&&&
###&&%/=~. ~. .~=/%&##
&&&&&%/=~. .~ .~=/%&&&&&
#&%/=~~... ~~ ...~~=/%
#&&&&%/=~. ~&&~ .~=/%&&&
##&&&%/=~. /#&. .~=/%&&#
###&&%/=~. %#% .~=/%&##
###&&%/=~. .~=/%&##
###&&%/=~. it morphs .~=/%&##
####&%/=~. .~=/%###
###&&%/=~. # .~=/%&##
&&/~...... # ......~/&&
##&&&%/=~. ##/ .~=/%&&#
####&%/=~. /###/ .~=/%###
####&&%/=. =&&=&&==&= .=/%&###
##&&&%/=~. == %% === .~=/%&&#
##&&&%/=~. ~// .~=/%&&#
###&&%/=~. === .~=/%&##
###&&%/=~. /= .~~~~~. &== .~=/%&##
#&%/=~~... %//#/= =~//=~~.....~~==~~ =&&// ...~~=/%
##&&&%/=~. %%####&&&=~~~=~~.. ..~~=~~~%&&&#####%% .~=/%&&#
###&&%/=~. //#/ .~~~~~. ==//%% .~=/%&##
###&&%/=~. / .==== &= .~=/%&##
#&&&&%/=~. // .~=/%&&&
&&&&&%/=~. &&= % =&&= .~=/%&&&&&
&%=....... =&&=&=&&&= .......=%&
&%//=~.... /&&&&/ ....~=//%&
####&%/=~. /### .~=/%###
###&&%/=~. ## .~=/%&##
###&&%/=~. # .~=/%&##
####&%/=~. .~=/%###
###&&%/=~. it appears in it's truest false form .~=/%&##
#&&&&%/=~. inscribed all over your vision, in the .~=/%&&&
#&%%%%/=~. case of nightmares, evil meditation, or .~=/%%%%
###&&%/=~. drug-induced transcendental states. .~=/%&##
#&/~~~.... living behind the curtain, so to speak, ....~~~/
###&&%/=~. in the liquid between you and the world .~=/%&##
###&&%/=~. you're in. .~=/%&##
###&&%/=~. .~=/%&##
####&&%/=~ but even in calmer times, it's never ~=/%&###
#&&%=~.... too far away, and you can find yourself ....~=%&
##&%=~.... transfixed by floor tiles, jewelry ....~=%#
###&&%/=~. (totems? charms?), trees, and other .~=/%&##
&&/~...... such things... ......~/&&
###&&%/=~. .~=/%&##
###&&%/=~. .~=/%&##
#&&&&%/=~. .~=/%&&&
###&&%/=~. .~=/%&##
#&&&&%/=~. .~=/%&&&