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¤§†††~,,,,                                          ,,,,~†††§¤
##@¤§†=~^,                                          ,^~=†§¤@##
##@¤§†=~^, I FALL ASLEEP  IN THE WRONG  THROAT  AND ,^~=†§¤@##
¤§†~~,,,,, IS NOT  SO MUCH DREAMING AS BEING FORCED ,,,,,~~†§¤
#¤¤¤§†=~^,         TO IMAGINE A SCENARIO...         ,^~=†§¤¤¤#
##@¤§†=~^,                                          ,^~=†§¤@##
##@¤§†=~^,           ,^~=†§¤@####@¤§†=~^,           ,^~=†§¤@##
¤¤§†~~~~^, ,,,,,,,,^^^^^^~~=†§¤¤§†=~~^^^^^^,,,,,,,, ,^~~~~†§¤¤
##@¤§†=~^, ^^^^^~~~~~===††§§§¤@@¤§§§††===~~~~~^^^^^ ,^~=†§¤@##
##@¤§†=~^, ,,,,,,,,^^^^^^~~=†§¤¤§†=~~^^^^^^,,,,,,,, ,^~=†§¤@##
@@@¤§†=~^,           ,^~=†§¤@####@¤§†=~^,           ,^~=†§¤@@@
##@¤§†=~^,                                          ,^~=†§¤@##
##@¤§†=~^,            BIG HALLS, ARCADES,           ,^~=†§¤@##
@¤†=^^,,,,          FILLED WITH CHARACTERS.         ,,,,^^=†¤@
##@¤§†=~^,                                          ,^~=†§¤@##
##@¤§†=~^, I GET INSTRUCTIONS FOR THEM,  FOR WHAT I ,^~=†§¤@##
@@§=^,,,,, MUST IMAGINE THEM  DOING OR SAYING. THEY ,,,,,^=§@@
@@§=~~~^^, HAVE  SOME  AGENCY,  BUT  NOT  WHILE I'M ,^^~~~=§@@
###@¤§=~^,   LOOKING. THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE BEAMED   ,^~=§¤@###
##@¤§†=~^, INTO MY  MIND, SPOKEN  FROM  A  GOD,  OR ,^~=†§¤@##
#¤†~^^^,,,             FALSE DEMIURGE.              ,,,^^^~†¤#
##@¤§†=~^,                                          ,^~=†§¤@##
@§=^^^,,,, SOMETIMES I'M TOO SLOW AND FAIL  TO MAKE ,,,,^^^=§@
#@¤†=~^^,, THEM   DO  WHAT  I'M  INSTRUCTED  BEFORE ,,^^~=†¤@#
#@@¤§†=~^, TIME'S  OUT, AND THEN THEY GET PUNISHED. ,^~=†§¤@@#
¤§=~~^,,,,                                          ,,,,^~~=§¤
##@¤§†=~^, ONE OF  THEM GOT  HIS  VOCABULARY SHRUNK ,^~=†§¤@##
##@¤§†=~^, DOWN  TO ONLY THE WORD  HE FAILED TO SAY ,^~=†§¤@##
#¤†=~,,,,,      (ROOFS? RUFUS?), MANY WERE JUST     ,,,,,~=†¤#
##@¤§†=~^,            PHYSICALLY MAIMED.            ,^~=†§¤@##
##@¤§†=~^,                                          ,^~=†§¤@##
#@¤§§†=~^, IT   ALL   WAS    VERY   STRESSFUL   AND ,^~=†§§¤@#
¤††††~~^,, REPULSIVE. IT FELT LIKE A NIGHTMARE,  OR ,,^~~††††¤
##@¤§†=~^,               FEVER DREAM.               ,^~=†§¤@##
##@¤§†=~^,                                          ,^~=†§¤@##
###¤§†=~^, I   HAVEN'T   TRIED   TO   SLEEP   SINCE ,^~=†§¤###
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¤¤§=~^^^,,                                          ,,^^^~=§¤¤
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