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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 §....§....
§§§§§§§§§§                 PLANTS.                  ..§§...§§§
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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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