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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 
                 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.