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†~.,,,,,,, i fall  asleep in the  wrong  throat and ,,,,,,,.~†
*†~.,,,,,, is not  so much dreaming as being forced ,,,,,,.~†*
&*†~.,,,,,         to imagine a scenario...         ,,,,,.~†*&
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#@&*†~.,,,           ,.~†*&@#@##@#@&*†~.,           ,,,.~†*&@#
##@&*†~.,, ,,,,,,,,......~~†*&@@&*†~~......,,,,,,,, ,,.~†*&@##
###@&*†~., .....~~~~~†††**&&&@##@&&&**†††~~~~~..... ,.~†*&@###
##@&*†~.,, ,,,,,,,,......~~†*&@@&*†~~......,,,,,,,, ,,.~†*&@##
#@&*†~.,,,           ,.~†*&@#@##@#@&*†~.,           ,,,.~†*&@#
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&*†~.,,,,,            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.            ,,,,,,.~†*
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~.,,,,,,,, it   all   was   very   stressful    and ,,,,,,,,.~
.,,,,,,,,, repulsive. it  felt like a nightmare, or ,,,,,,,,,.
~.,,,,,,,,               fever dream.               ,,,,,,,,.~
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*†~.,,,,,, i   haven't   tried   to   sleep   since ,,,,,,.~†*
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#@&*†~.,,,                                          ,,,.~†*&@#
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