#@^^::^... ...^::^^@#
#@#@$^:»^. .^»:^$@#@#
@$^:»»^... ...^»»:^$@
@@$::^.... ....^::$@@
@@#@$^:»^. .^»:^$@#@@
#@#@$^:»^. #@.....................................@ .^»:^$@#@#
@@#@$^:»^. . . .^»:^$@#@@
##@$:^.... . the dream . ....^:$@##
@@@^^::»^. . 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 ......^:^@
#@$:»».... submerged in the animal) ::: :: ....»»:$@#
@$^»...... (becoming the animal) ::: (forget ......»^$@
###@$^:»^. everything else) ::: :: (my soul is the .^»:^$@###
@@#@$^:»^. beast's soul) ::: (a sludgy sense of .^»:^$@#@@
#@#@$^:»^. satisfaction. it's good) ::: (it's .^»:^$@#@#
#$$$^»»»^. good) ::: :: (breathing heavily) ::: .^»»»^$$$#
#@#@$^:»^. ::: :: (the two souls will move .^»:^$@#@#
#@#@$^:»^. together) ::: (merge and dissolve) ::: .^»:^$@#@#
@@#@$^:»^. (collective body) ::: (rearranged and .^»:^$@#@@
#@#@$^:»^. reordered) ::: (the individual is not .^»:^$@#@#
##@#$^:»^. so important) .^»:^$#@##
@@$::»»... ...»»::$@@
#@@^^^:»^. .^»:^^^@@#
#@#@$^:»^. .^»:^$@#@#
###@$^:»^. .^»:^$@###
#@@$$^:»^. .^»:^$$@@#