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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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##¶&&%/=-¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨------==/%&&&&%/==------¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨-=/%&&¶##
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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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