(ICARUS)                 
                                          
 I   HAD   THIS   IDEA  THAT  YOU   COULD 
  CONSTRUCT REALITY CHECKS (AS FOR LUCID  
 DREAMING, WHERE  YOU'D LEARN THIS  HABIT 
 OF  TRYING TO  SNEAKILY  BREAK THE RULES 
 OF   CAUSALITY   OR  PHYSICS,  SUCH   AS 
 FLIPPING  A LIGHT SWITCH TO  SEE  IF  IT 
 ACTUALLY  TURNS  OFF   THE   LIGHTS,  OR 
 TRYING  TO  GET   YOUR  HANDS  TO  PHASE 
 TOGETHER. THE THOUGHT BEING THAT IF  ANY 
 OF THE "CHECKS"  ACTUALLY WORKED,  YOU'D 
 KNOW   YOU  WERE  DREAMING)  FOR  DATURA 
                 PLANTS.                  
                                          
 I THOUGHT, YOU  COULD  GET IN  THE HABIT 
 OF  THROWING THINGS ON  THE GROUND, LIKE 
    PENS. MEANT TO PORTRAY CIGARETTES,    
 BECAUSE EVERYONE  WHO DOES DATURA SMOKES 
 CIGARETTES.  (THEY  IN FACT  AREN'T, AND 
 SO   SOONER  OR  LATER  THE   CIGARETTES 
 DISAPPEAR,  AND THEY SEARCH  THE GROUND, 
 BUT NOTHING'S  THERE.) THROWING PENS  ON 
 THE GROUND AND  PICKING  THEM  BACK  UP. 
 AND BE  REALLY CONCERNED IF THEY WEREN'T 
               TO BE THERE.               
                                          
 THIS  IS  PROBABLY  NOT  HOW  DELIRIANTS 
 WORK.   BUT    I   HAD   THE    THOUGHT.