(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.