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#@¶§*$^~,¨         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ¨,~^$*§¶@#
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§$$$$~,,¨¨ SILENT.  IT'S  DARK,  AND  WARM,  AND  I ¨¨,,~$$$$§
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#@¶§*$^~,¨        CONSCIOUSNESS AND MY BODY.        ¨,~^$*§¶@#
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§*^~~¨¨¨¨¨ THEN  THE  FEAR   HITS  ME  AND  I  FEEL ¨¨¨¨¨~~^*§
§$~,¨¨¨¨¨¨    ACUTELY SICK. SOMETHING IS ~WRONG~.   ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~$§
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##¶§*$^~,¨ ALL  OVER MY  VISION, PRESSING IN, BEING ¨,~^$*§¶##
#@¶§*$^~,¨ ALMOST HOSTILE. I CAN FEEL  THEM SQUIRM, ¨,~^$*§¶@#
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##@¶§$^~,¨ LANGUAGE, SENTENCES I  CAN'T  HIDE FROM, ¨,~^$§¶@##
¶§*$^~¨¨¨¨ FORCEFULLY  TRANSCRIBED IN  MY MIND, AND ¨¨¨¨~^$*§¶
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##@§*$^~,¨      BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THERE     ¨,~^$*§@##
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#@¶§*$^~,¨ I  FEEL  HELPLESS,  BUT  I  MUST  TRY TO ¨,~^$*§¶@#
##@¶§*$^,¨ ESCAPE. TO CRAWL ON THE FLOOR  SEARCHING ¨,^$*§¶@##
§*^,¨¨¨¨¨¨ RELIEF, SUCH IS MY NATURE.  TURNING  THE ¨¨¨¨¨¨,^*§
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#@¶§*$^~,¨ DOES  NOTING...  BUT TIME  DOES -  AFTER ¨,~^$*§¶@#
#@¶§*$^~,¨     THIRTY SECONDS I'M NORMAL AGAIN,     ¨,~^$*§¶@#
#@¶§*$^~,¨ DOUBTING  ANYTHING OF  THIS  HAPPENED IN ¨,~^$*§¶@#
#@¶§*$^~,¨             THE FIRST PLACE.             ¨,~^$*§¶@#
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#@¶§*$^~,¨ MY  EYES ARE STILL TENSE THOUGH, SCARED. ¨,~^$*§¶@#
¶§***$^~,¨ I    DON'T   KNOW    WHAT    TO    MAKE. ¨,~^$***§¶
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§$$^~¨¨¨¨¨ I  GUESS? I  SHOULDN'T  BE  SO  RECKLESS ¨¨¨¨¨~^$$§
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¶§$$~¨¨¨¨¨ WHAT THESE  ARE. LIKE  YOU DO WITH A CAT ¨¨¨¨¨~$$§¶
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