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#¶¤¤%††~^,                                          ,^~††%¤¤¶#
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&¤%~^,,,,, i fall  asleep in the  wrong  throat and ,,,,,^~%¤&
##¶&¤%†~^, is not so much dreaming  as being forced ,^~†%¤&¶##
###¶&¤%†^,         to imagine a scenario...         ,^†%¤&¶###
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&&%%~^,,,,           ,^~†%¤&¶####¶&¤%†~^,           ,,,,^~%%&&
&&%†~^,,,, ,,,,,,,,^^^^^^~~†%¤&&¤%†~~^^^^^^,,,,,,,, ,,,,^~†%&&
##¶&¤%†~^, ^^^^^~~~~~†††%%¤¤¤&¶¶&¤¤¤%%†††~~~~~^^^^^ ,^~†%¤&¶##
&%%~,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,^^^^^^~~†%¤&&¤%†~~^^^^^^,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,~%%&
&%%%%%†~^,           ,^~†%¤&¶####¶&¤%†~^,           ,^~†%%%%%&
##¶&¤%†~^,                                          ,^~†%¤&¶##
###¶&¤%~^,            big halls, arcades,           ,^~%¤&¶###
#&&¤†^,,,,         filled with characters.          ,,,,^†¤&&#
&¤†^,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,^†¤&
#¶¤¤†^,,,, i get instructions for them, for what  i ,,,,^†¤¤¶#
¶&&%†^^,,, must  imagine them doing or saying. they ,,,^^†%&&¶
##¶&¤%†~^, have  some agency,  but  not  while  i'm ,^~†%¤&¶##
###&¤%†~^,   looking. the instructions are beamed   ,^~†%¤&###
¶¤††^,,,,, into my  mind,  spoken  from  a  god, or ,,,,,^††¤¶
&%~,,,,,,,             false demiurge.              ,,,,,,,~%&
##¶&¤%†~^,                                          ,^~†%¤&¶##
¶&&&¤%†~^, sometimes i'm too slow  and fail to make ,^~†%¤&&&¶
##¶&¤%†~^, them  do   what  i'm  instructed  before ,^~†%¤&¶##
##¶&¤%†~^, time's out, and  then they get punished. ,^~†%¤&¶##
##¶&¤%†~^,                                          ,^~†%¤&¶##
#¶¶&¤%†~^, one of  them  got his vocabulary  shrunk ,^~†%¤&¶¶#
###¶&¤%~^, down to  only the word he failed  to say ,^~%¤&¶###
###¶¤%†~^,      (roofs? rufus?), many were just     ,^~†%¤¶###
##¶&¤%†~^,            physically maimed.            ,^~†%¤&¶##
&¤%%†~^,,,                                          ,,,^~†%%¤&
#¶¤%~~,,,, it   all   was    very   stressful   and ,,,,~~%¤¶#
##¶&¤%†~^, repulsive. it felt like a  nightmare, or ,^~†%¤&¶##
##¶&¤%†~^,               fever dream.               ,^~†%¤&¶##
#¶¶&¤%†~^,                                          ,^~†%¤&¶¶#
##¶&¤%†~^, i   haven't   tried   to   sleep   since ,^~†%¤&¶##
##¶&¤%†~^,                                          ,^~†%¤&¶##
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