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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.