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