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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.                 ........§.
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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, .§.§§..§..
........§§ 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.               ..§..§.§§.
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§..§...... THIS  IS  PROBABLY  NOT  HOW  DELIRIANTS .§..§..§.§
§§..§..... WORK.   BUT    I   HAD   THE    THOUGHT. ..§..§...§
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