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¨.~==%§@##                                          ##@§%==~.¨
¨.~==%§@@#                                          #@@§%==~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.==%@                                          @%==.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~==§@ i fall  asleep  in the  wrong throat and @§==~.¨¨¨¨
¨.~==%§@@# is not so much  dreaming as being forced #@@§%==~.¨
¨.~==%§@@@         to imagine a scenario...         @@@§%==~.¨
¨.~==%§@@#                                          #@@§%==~.¨
¨.~==%§@@#           ¨.~==%§@@##@@§%==~.¨           #@@§%==~.¨
¨.~==%§@@# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨......~~==%§§%==~~......¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #@@§%==~.¨
¨¨¨.==%%§§ .....~~~~~=====%%%§@@§%%%=====~~~~~..... §§%%==.¨¨¨
¨.~==%§@@@ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨......~~==%§§%==~~......¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ @@@§%==~.¨
¨.~==%§@@#           ¨.~==%§@@##@@§%==~.¨           #@@§%==~.¨
¨¨¨¨~===§@                                          @§===~¨¨¨¨
¨.~=%§@@##           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.             #@@§%==~.¨
¨¨¨.~==§§@                                          @§§==~.¨¨¨
¨.~==%§@@@ sometimes i'm too  slow and fail to make @@@§%==~.¨
¨¨¨¨.===%§ them  do  what  i'm  instructed   before §%===.¨¨¨¨
¨.~==%§@@# time's  out, and then they get punished. #@@§%==~.¨
¨.~==%§@@@                                          @@@§%==~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨~==%@ one  of them got  his vocabulary  shrunk @%==~¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~==%§@@@ down to only  the word he  failed to say @@@§%==~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨~===§      (roofs? rufus?), many were just     §===~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨.~==%%§@            physically maimed.            @§%%==~.¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=%§                                          §%=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~==§@@## it    all   was   very   stressful   and ##@@§==~.¨
¨.~~~~=%§@ repulsive. it felt  like a nightmare, or @§%=~~~~.¨
¨.~==%§@@@               fever dream.               @@@§%==~.¨
¨.~==%§@##                                          ##@§%==~.¨
¨¨¨.~====§ i   haven't   tried   to   sleep   since §====~.¨¨¨
¨.~==%§@@@                                          @@@§%==~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.~=§                                          §=~.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~==%§@@#                                          #@@§%==~.¨
¨.~==%§@@#                                          #@@§%==~.¨
¨.~==%§@@#                                          #@@§%==~.¨
¨.~==%§§§@                                          @§§§%==~.¨