(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.