(ICARUS)                 
                                          
 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 
                  PLANTS.                 
                                          
 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 
 THE  GROUND  AND PICKING  THEM  BACK UP. 
 AND BE REALLY  CONCERNED IF THEY WEREN'T 
               TO BE THERE.               
                                          
 THIS  IS  PROBABLY  NOT  HOW  DELIRIANTS 
 WORK.    BUT   I   HAD   THE    THOUGHT.