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@§*««..... I FALL ASLEEP  IN  THE  WRONG THROAT AND .....««*§@
##@@§$*\^. IS  NOT SO MUCH DREAMING AS BEING FORCED .^\*$§@@##
@$$\«^^...         TO IMAGINE A SCENARIO...         ...^^«\$$@
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#@@§$*\«^.           .^«\*$§@@##@@§$*\«^.           .^«\*$§@@#
@§§§$*\«^. ........^^^^^^««\*$§§$*\««^^^^^^........ .^«\*$§§§@
@§$\^^^... ^^^^^«««««\\\**$$$§@@§$$$**\\\«««««^^^^^ ...^^^\$§@
@@@§$*\«^. ........^^^^^^««\*$§§$*\««^^^^^^........ .^«\*$§@@@
@§**\«^...           .^«\*$§@@##@@§$*\«^.           ...^«\**§@
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@§§$*\«...           BIG HALLS, ARCADES,            ...«\*$§§@
##@§$*\«^.         FILLED WITH CHARACTERS.          .^«\*$§@##
#@@§$*\«^.                                          .^«\*$§@@#
@@§***\«^. I GET INSTRUCTIONS FOR THEM, FOR WHAT  I .^«\***§@@
@@@§$*\«^. MUST IMAGINE THEM DOING OR SAYING.  THEY .^«\*$§@@@
§$*\\««... HAVE  SOME  AGENCY,  BUT  NOT WHILE  I'M ...««\\*$§
@$*««.....   LOOKING. THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE BEAMED   .....««*$@
@§**\\\«^. INTO MY  MIND,  SPOKEN  FROM A  GOD,  OR .^«\\\**§@
§§***\\«^.             FALSE DEMIURGE.              .^«\\***§§
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@@§§$*\«^. SOMETIMES  I'M TOO SLOW AND FAIL TO MAKE .^«\*$§§@@
#@@§$*\«^. THEM   DO  WHAT  I'M  INSTRUCTED  BEFORE .^«\*$§@@#
#@@§$*\«^. TIME'S OUT, AND THEN THEY  GET PUNISHED. .^«\*$§@@#
#@@§$*\«^.                                          .^«\*$§@@#
@@$$*\\«^. 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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