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....-\%%¤@ #¤.....................................¤ @¤%%\-....
.....-\%%¤ . . ¤%%\-.....
......-\%% . the dream . %%\-......
.......-\% . of being swallowed . %\-.......
........-\ . by the beast. . \-........
.........- . . -.........
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.........- -.........
........-\ # inside ---------------- # \-........
.......-\% . an animal . as if . to be safe %\-.......
......-\%% %%\-......
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....-\%%¤@ -..#### -..###-.. ####-. @¤%%\-....
...-\%%¤@# -..#### -..###-.. ####-. #@¤%%\-...
..-\%%¤@## 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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