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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. ##@@§=\~:.
..:~\=§@@# #@@§=\~:..
...:~\=§@@ THIS IS PROBABLY NOT HOW DELIRIANTS @@§=\~:...
....:~\=§@ WORK. BUT I HAD THE THOUGHT. @§=\~:....
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