..^~*†@###                                          ###@†*~^..
.^~*†@####                                          ####@†*~^.
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..^~*†@###                                          ###@†*~^..
.^~*†@#### #&.....................................& ####@†*~^.
..^~*†@###              .             .             ###@†*~^..
...^~*†@##              . the dream  .              ##@†*~^...
..^~*†@###          . of being swallowed .          ###@†*~^..
.^~*†@####             . by the beast. .            ####@†*~^.
..^~*†@###                   .   .                  ###@†*~^..
...^~*†@## #&.....................................& ##@†*~^...
..^~*†@###                                          ###@†*~^..
.^~*†@#### #     inside     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~      # ####@†*~^.
..^~*†@### .  an  animal  .  as  if .  to  be  safe ###@†*~^..
...^~*†@##                                          ##@†*~^...
..^~*†@###          ..######...###...###.           ###@†*~^..
.^~*†@#### ~^.####         ~^.###~^.         ####~. ####@†*~^.
..^~*†@### ~^.####         ~^.###~^.         ####~. ###@†*~^..
...^~*†@## 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. ###@†*~^..
...^~*†@##                                          ##@†*~^...
..^~*†@###  *^^^~~~~~~~~~~~****^^^^^^^*^~~~~^^^^^*^ ###@†*~^..
.^~*†@####            ^^^*******^^^^*~^             ####@†*~^.
..^~*†@###     ^^^***~~~^*~***~^^^*~~~~*******^     ###@†*~^..
...^~*†@##          ^^^^*^~~^**^**********          ##@†*~^...
..^~*†@### *********************      ************* ###@†*~^..
.^~*†@####  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  ####@†*~^.
..^~*†@###                to nature)                ###@†*~^..
...^~*†@##    *#^^*~^^^^~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*******    ##@†*~^...
..^~*†@### ************* (you will feel very close  ###@†*~^..
.^~*†@####     to the beast that is everything)     ####@†*~^.
..^~*†@###    *#^^*~^^^^~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*******    ###@†*~^..
...^~*†@##  ************* (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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.^~*†@####                                          ####@†*~^.
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