(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.