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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.                 
                                          
 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.