(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.