(ICARUS)                 
                                          
 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.