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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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