(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.