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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 ..&&&.&...
&.&...&..& THE GROUND AND PICKING THEM BACK UP. ..&..&&&..
&&&&..&&.& 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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