(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.