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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.         ¶&¤^/~.,,,
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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.               ¶&¤^/~.,,,
,,.~/^¤&¶#                                          #¶&¤^/~.,,
,.~/^¤&¶## i   haven't   tried   to   sleep   since ##¶&¤^/~.,
,,.~/^¤&¶#                                          #¶&¤^/~.,,
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