(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.