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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.