(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.