(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.