(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.