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......-†&& 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. &†::---...
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.~-:†*## 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. ###&*†:-~.
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.~-:†*## THIS IS PROBABLY NOT HOW DELIRIANTS ###&*†:-~.
....~--:*# WORK. BUT I HAD THE THOUGHT. #*:--~....
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