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