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#@##%%^~-¨ ¨ by the beast. ¨ ¨-~^%%##@#
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#%%%%^~-¨¨ the dream of resting inside another ¨¨-~^%%%%#
#@##%%^~-¨ animal. thats how it starts, ¨-~^%%##@#
#%^^~~¨¨¨¨ ~-¨ with the dream, ¨-~ ¨¨¨¨~~^^%#
#%%%%~-¨¨¨ ~-¨####~-¨###~-¨####~¨ ¨¨¨-~%%%%#
#%^--¨¨¨¨¨ but this time i was curious of where it ¨¨¨¨¨--^%#
##@#%%^~-¨ was going, ¨-~^%%#@##
##%^~¨¨¨¨¨ @^^ ~~~~~~~~~~ ^^@ ¨¨¨¨¨~^%##
#%%%^~~-¨¨ ^^ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ^^ ¨¨-~~^%%%#
#@##%%^~-¨ ¨-~^%%##@#
@#%~--¨¨¨¨ the first gate is the lips ¨¨¨¨--~%#@
#%%%^^~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~^^%%%#
##%^~~~-¨¨ ¨ ¨ to get at the throat. ¨ ¨¨-~~~^%##
#%%%~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~%%%#
###%%%^~-¨ to be falling into the water, the ¨-~^%%%###
####%%^~-¨ ocean, the void, but it must be done in ¨-~^%%####
#@##%%^~-¨ the right way - in a very specific way. ¨-~^%%##@#
#%%%^-¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨-^%%%#
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#%^--¨¨¨¨¨ ---^^^^^^^----^~- ¨¨¨¨¨--^%#
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#@##%%^~-¨ ----^-~~-^^-^^^^^^^^^^ ¨-~^%%##@#
##%%^--¨¨¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨¨¨--^%%##
#@##%%^~-¨ it's not a bad feeling, at first. it's ¨-~^%%##@#
@@##%%^~-¨ slow... graceful... but then it gets ¨-~^%%##@@
#@##%%^~-¨ too much and you faint. ¨-~^%%##@#
##@#%%^~-¨ ^#--^~----~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^ ¨-~^%%#@##
##@#%%^~-¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (you will feel very close ¨-~^%%#@##
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#%%^^^~-¨¨ ^#--^~----~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^ ¨¨-~^^^%%#
#%%^-¨¨¨¨¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (you will feel very close ¨¨¨¨¨-^%%#
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#@##%%^~-¨ ^#--^~----~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^ ¨-~^%%##@#
##@#%%^~-¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (only through its help) ¨-~^%%#@##
##%%%~~--¨ ^#--^~----~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^ (very ¨--~~%%%##
#%^~~~-¨¨¨ hard to get here without the aid of the ¨¨¨-~~~^%#
#@##%%^~-¨ beast) ^^^ (state where the human is ¨-~^%%##@#
#%%%~~~--¨ submerged in the animal) ^^^ ^^ ¨--~~~%%%#
@@##%%^~-¨ (becoming the animal) ^^^ (forget ¨-~^%%##@@
#@##%%^~-¨ everything else) ^^^ ^^ (my soul is the ¨-~^%%##@#
@#%%^~-¨¨¨ beast's soul) ^^^ (a sludgy sense of ¨¨¨-~^%%#@
####%%^~-¨ satisfaction. it's good) ^^^ (it's ¨-~^%%####
@###%%^~-¨ good) ^^^ ^^ (breathing heavily) ^^^ ¨-~^%%###@
@###%%^~-¨ ^^^ ^^ (the two souls will move ¨-~^%%###@
#%~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ together) ^^^ (merge and dissolve) ^^^ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~%#
##%%^~~-¨¨ (collective body) ^^^ (rearranged and ¨¨-~~^%%##
@@##%%^~-¨ reordered) ^^^ (the individual is not ¨-~^%%##@@
##@#%%^~-¨ so important) ¨-~^%%#@##
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