(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.