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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 &.&&&.&&&&
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&&.&&..&&& 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. ...&..&.&.
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