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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. ^~\*%#@@##
@@#***\~^, ,^~\***#@@
@@@#%*\~^, 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. ,^~\***#@@
@#*~~^,,,, ,,,,^~~*#@
#*\~~^^,,, 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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