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....--\\&@         ...^^-&# DREAMS #&-^^...         @&\\--....
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.^-\†&@###         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ###@&†\-^.
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.^-\†&@###            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            ###@&†\-^.
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....-\&@##                    .-.                   ##@&\-....
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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.             ####@&\-^.
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.....^\††@ 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. @&††\--...
.^-\†&@###                                          ###@&†\-^.
.^-\†&@###              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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