(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.