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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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