(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.