(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.