¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #@¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨@ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~
†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨              ¨             ¨             ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†
*†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨              ¨ 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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^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^