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.~«\%¤¤£## day.  sleep  is  saying  goodbye  for  a ##£¤¤%\«~.
...~~««\¤¤ while. if  you can  dream, you also  get ¤¤\««~~...
.~«\%¤¤£## to  visit  friends  and  other  animals. ##£¤¤%\«~.
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.~«\%¤¤¤££ deeper than death  is  to  be  alive and ££¤¤¤%\«~.
..~~~««%¤# asleep. it  is death if it was temporary #¤%««~~~..
.~«\%¤¤£##             and rejuvenating.            ##£¤¤%\«~.
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.~«\%¤¤¤¤£ sleep  is  a  black  marble  outside  of £¤¤¤¤%\«~.
...~«\¤¤¤¤ which  there is  nothing.  inside is all ¤¤¤¤\«~...
.~«\%¤¤¤£# the   stars   and   in   the  middle   a #£¤¤¤%\«~.
.~«\%¤¤£## black lake.  at the foot  of  this  lake ##£¤¤%\«~.
.....«\\%¤          stands an old friend.           ¤%\\«.....
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.....~\¤¤£ when  you  sleep   your  brain  shrinks. £¤¤\~.....
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.~«\%¤¤###    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    ###¤¤%\«~.
~«\%¤¤£###    otherworldiness and revitalization.   ###£¤¤%\«~
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......«%¤£ grip goes from not being able to let  go £¤%«......
...~«««%¤¤ all  day   (left)  to  not   caring   to ¤¤%«««~...
.~«\%¤¤£##             remember (right).            ##£¤¤%\«~.
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.~«\%¤¤£##     deepness goes from being several     ##£¤¤%\«~.
.~«\%¤¤£## hundred meters  down  (left)  to  barely ##£¤¤%\«~.
.~«\%¤¤£##       touching the surface (right).      ##£¤¤%\«~.
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.~«\%¤¤###    otherworldliness goes from a single   ###¤¤%\«~.
.~«\%¤¤###  coherent dreamscape (left), via normal  ###¤¤%\«~.
...~~\%%%¤ dream  amounts  (middle)  to  no  dreams ¤%%%\~~...
......~\%¤                 (right).                 ¤%\~......
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....««\\¤£ revitalization goes  from  a  feeling of £¤\\««....
.~~~««%¤¤¤ not having slept at all (left)  to being ¤¤¤%««~~~.
....~«\%¤£ full  of  energy  and   maybe   optimism £¤%\«~....
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.~«\%¤¤££# high otherworldliness  and  high grip is #££¤¤%\«~.
.~«\%%¤¤¤£      a particularly effective combo.     £¤¤¤%%\«~.
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......«%¤¤             ... see also ...             ¤¤%«......
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.~«\%¤¤£##               sleep deities              ##£¤¤%\«~.
.~«\%¤¤¤££               the blackbird              ££¤¤¤%\«~.
.~«\%¤¤£##                solipsism                 ##£¤¤%\«~.
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.~«\%¤¤£## this  is still a  place:  here,  in  the ##£¤¤%\«~.
...~«\\%¤£ silence,  darkness  and   night  -   and £¤%\\«~...
...~«\\¤¤£ loneliness,  holding a kind  of dilution £¤¤\\«~...
.....~\¤£# of   reality,  and  suddenly  it's   not #£¤\~.....
....«««\¤£ important  that  i lie  in my  bed,  the £¤\«««....
.....~\%¤¤ lack  of  presence  brings  the   notion ¤¤%\~.....
.....~«%¤¤ that,  if  i  do  not  choose  sleep,  i ¤¤%«~.....
.~«\%¤¤###   choose past, future, something with    ###¤¤%\«~.
.~«\%¤¤£## more   substance  than   the  objects  i ##£¤¤%\«~.
.....«%¤¤#           surround myself with.          #¤¤%«.....
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