(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.