(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.