(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.