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...-~/^%§@ I  FALL ASLEEP  IN  THE WRONG THROAT AND @§%^/~-...
..-~/^%§@@ IS NOT SO MUCH DREAMING  AS BEING FORCED @@§%^/~-..
.-~/^%§@@#         TO IMAGINE A SCENARIO...         #@@§%^/~-.
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...-~/^%§@           .-~/^%§@@##@@§%^/~-.           @§%^/~-...
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.........-            BIG HALLS, ARCADES,           -.........
..........          FILLED WITH CHARACTERS.         ..........
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.......... I GET INSTRUCTIONS  FOR THEM, FOR WHAT I ..........
.......... MUST  IMAGINE THEM DOING OR SAYING. THEY ..........
.......... HAVE  SOME  AGENCY,  BUT  NOT WHILE  I'M ..........
..........   LOOKING. THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE BEAMED   ..........
.......... INTO  MY  MIND, SPOKEN  FROM  A  GOD, OR ..........
.........-             FALSE DEMIURGE.              -.........
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.......-~/ SOMETIMES I'M TOO SLOW AND  FAIL TO MAKE /~-.......
......-~/^ THEM  DO   WHAT  I'M  INSTRUCTED  BEFORE ^/~-......
.....-~/^% TIME'S OUT, AND THEN  THEY GET PUNISHED. %^/~-.....
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...-~/^%§@ ONE OF THEM  GOT  HIS VOCABULARY  SHRUNK @§%^/~-...
..-~/^%§@@ DOWN TO  ONLY  THE WORD HE FAILED TO SAY @@§%^/~-..
.-~/^%§@@#      (ROOFS? RUFUS?), MANY WERE JUST     #@@§%^/~-.
..-~/^%§@@            PHYSICALLY MAIMED.            @@§%^/~-..
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....-~/^%§ IT   ALL   WAS    VERY   STRESSFUL   AND §%^/~-....
.....-~/^% REPULSIVE. IT  FELT LIKE A NIGHTMARE, OR %^/~-.....
......-~/^               FEVER DREAM.               ^/~-......
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........-~ I   HAVEN'T   TRIED   TO   SLEEP   SINCE ~-........
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