(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.