(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.