(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.