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#§$*\«~¨¨¨                 (ICARUS)                 ¨¨¨~«\*$§#
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###§$*\«~¨ I  HAD   THIS  IDEA   THAT   YOU   COULD ¨~«\*$§###
##§$*\«~¨¨  CONSTRUCT REALITY CHECKS (AS FOR LUCID  ¨¨~«\*$§##
#§$*\«~¨¨¨ DREAMING, WHERE  YOU'D LEARN THIS  HABIT ¨¨¨~«\*$§#
##§$*\«~¨¨ OF TRYING TO  SNEAKILY BREAK  THE  RULES ¨¨~«\*$§##
###§$*\«~¨ OF   CAUSALITY   OR   PHYSICS,  SUCH  AS ¨~«\*$§###
##§$*\«~¨¨ FLIPPING A  LIGHT  SWITCH  TO SEE IF  IT ¨¨~«\*$§##
#§$*\«~¨¨¨ ACTUALLY  TURNS   OFF  THE   LIGHTS,  OR ¨¨¨~«\*$§#
##§$*\«~¨¨ TRYING  TO  GET   YOUR  HANDS  TO  PHASE ¨¨~«\*$§##
###§$*\«~¨ TOGETHER. THE THOUGHT BEING THAT  IF ANY ¨~«\*$§###
##§$*\«~¨¨ OF THE "CHECKS" ACTUALLY  WORKED,  YOU'D ¨¨~«\*$§##
#§$*\«~¨¨¨ KNOW  YOU  WERE   DREAMING)  FOR  DATURA ¨¨¨~«\*$§#
##§$*\«~¨¨                  PLANTS.                 ¨¨~«\*$§##
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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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