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.&&&&&..&& 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 .&&&&..&&&
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