(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.