(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.