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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.                  
                                          
 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.