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.....~~=*@ @*=~~.....
......~~=* *=~~......
.......~~= =~~.......
........~~ (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. ###@*=~~..
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