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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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-......... BIG HALLS, ARCADES, .........-
~-........ FILLED WITH CHARACTERS. ........-~
;~-....... .......-~;
*;~-...... 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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