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#¤%%^-^,,, I FALL ASLEEP IN  THE WRONG  THROAT  AND ,,,^-^%%¤#
##¤%%^-^,, IS NOT SO MUCH DREAMING AS  BEING FORCED ,,^-^%%¤##
###¤%%^-^,         TO IMAGINE A SCENARIO...         ,^-^%%¤###
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#¤%%^-^,,,            BIG HALLS, ARCADES,           ,,,^-^%%¤#
##¤%%^-^,,          FILLED WITH CHARACTERS.         ,,^-^%%¤##
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##¤%%^-^,, I GET INSTRUCTIONS FOR THEM, FOR WHAT  I ,,^-^%%¤##
#¤%%^-^,,, MUST IMAGINE THEM DOING  OR SAYING. THEY ,,,^-^%%¤#
¤%%^-^,,,, HAVE  SOME  AGENCY,  BUT  NOT WHILE  I'M ,,,,^-^%%¤
%%^-^,,,,,   LOOKING. THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE BEAMED   ,,,,,^-^%%
%^-^,,,,,, INTO  MY  MIND,  SPOKEN FROM  A  GOD, OR ,,,,,,^-^%
%%^-^,,,,,              FALSE DEMIURGE.             ,,,,,^-^%%
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#¤%%^-^,,, SOMETIMES I'M  TOO SLOW AND FAIL TO MAKE ,,,^-^%%¤#
##¤%%^-^,, THEM  DO   WHAT  I'M  INSTRUCTED  BEFORE ,,^-^%%¤##
###¤%%^-^, TIME'S OUT,  AND THEN THEY GET PUNISHED. ,^-^%%¤###
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#¤%%^-^,,, ONE OF  THEM  GOT  HIS VOCABULARY SHRUNK ,,,^-^%%¤#
¤%%^-^,,,, DOWN  TO ONLY THE  WORD HE FAILED TO SAY ,,,,^-^%%¤
%%^-^,,,,,     (ROOFS? RUFUS?), MANY WERE JUST      ,,,,,^-^%%
%^-^,,,,,,            PHYSICALLY MAIMED.            ,,,,,,^-^%
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¤%%^-^,,,, IT   ALL   WAS   VERY    STRESSFUL   AND ,,,,^-^%%¤
#¤%%^-^,,, REPULSIVE. IT FELT LIKE A  NIGHTMARE, OR ,,,^-^%%¤#
##¤%%^-^,,               FEVER DREAM.               ,,^-^%%¤##
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##¤%%^-^,, I   HAVEN'T   TRIED   TO   SLEEP   SINCE ,,^-^%%¤##
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