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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 .&&&...&.&
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&..&.&&&.& 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, ..&&.&&&&.
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&&&&&..&&& THE GROUND AND PICKING THEM BACK UP. &&&&&.&..&
.....&.&.. AND BE REALLY CONCERNED IF THEY WEREN'T &....&&&.&
&....&&&&. TO BE THERE. .&...&..&&
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&&.&.&.&.& WORK. BUT I HAD THE THOUGHT. .&&&&&&&..
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