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.......... I FALL ASLEEP IN THE WRONG THROAT AND ..........
.......... IS NOT SO MUCH DREAMING AS BEING FORCED ..........
.......... TO IMAGINE A SCENARIO... ..........
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#%†\~~.... LOOKING. THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE BEAMED ....~~\†%#
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~~........ SOMETIMES I'M TOO SLOW AND FAIL TO MAKE ........~~
~......... THEM DO WHAT I'M INSTRUCTED BEFORE .........~
.......... TIME'S OUT, AND THEN THEY GET PUNISHED. ..........
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.......... ONE OF THEM GOT HIS VOCABULARY SHRUNK ..........
.......... DOWN TO ONLY THE WORD HE FAILED TO SAY ..........
.......... (ROOFS? RUFUS?), MANY WERE JUST ..........
~......... PHYSICALLY MAIMED. .........~
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