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..&..&..&. I HAD THIS IDEA THAT YOU COULD &&...&..&.
..&&.&&.&& CONSTRUCT REALITY CHECKS (AS FOR LUCID &.&..&&.&&
&.&.&&.&&. DREAMING, WHERE YOU'D LEARN THIS HABIT .&&&.&.&&.
&&&&&.&&.& OF TRYING TO SNEAKILY BREAK THE RULES &&..&&&&.&
.....&&.&& OF CAUSALITY OR PHYSICS, SUCH AS ..&.&...&&
&....&.&&. FLIPPING A LIGHT SWITCH TO SEE IF IT ..&&&&..&.
&&...&&&.& ACTUALLY TURNS OFF THE LIGHTS, OR ..&...&.&&
..&..&..&& TRYING TO GET YOUR HANDS TO PHASE &.&&..&&&.
..&&.&&.&. TOGETHER. THE THOUGHT BEING THAT IF ANY &&&.&.&..&
&.&.&&.&&& OF THE "CHECKS" ACTUALLY WORKED, YOU'D ...&&&&&.&
.&&&&.&&.. KNOW YOU WERE DREAMING) FOR DATURA ...&....&&
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.&&&.&&&.. I THOUGHT, YOU COULD GET IN THE HABIT &..&&&&.&.
.&..&&..&. OF THROWING THINGS ON THE GROUND, LIKE &&.&...&&&
&&&.&.&.&& PENS. MEANT TO PORTRAY CIGARETTES, ..&&&..&..
&..&&&&&&. BECAUSE EVERYONE WHO DOES DATURA SMOKES ..&..&.&&.
&&.&.....& CIGARETTES. (THEY IN FACT AREN'T, AND &.&&.&&&.&
..&&&....& SO SOONER OR LATER THE CIGARETTES .&&.&&..&&
&.&..&...& DISAPPEAR, AND THEY SEARCH THE GROUND, .&.&&.&.&.
&&&&.&&..& BUT NOTHING'S THERE.) THROWING PENS ON &&&&.&&&&&
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....&.&&&& AND BE REALLY CONCERNED IF THEY WEREN'T ....&.&...
....&&&... TO BE THERE. &...&&&&..
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....&&.&&. THIS IS PROBABLY NOT HOW DELIRIANTS ..&.&&..&&
&...&.&&.& WORK. BUT I HAD THE THOUGHT. &.&&&.&.&.
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