¨#¨#¨#¨##¨                                          ¨¨#¨#####¨
##¨#¨#¨¨#¨                                          ¨##¨¨####¨
¨#¨#¨#¨##¨                                          #¨#¨#¨###¨
##¨#¨#¨¨#¨                                          #¨#¨#¨¨##¨
¨#¨#¨#¨##¨                                          #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨#¨#¨¨#¨ i fall asleep  in  the  wrong throat and #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨#¨#¨##¨ is not so much  dreaming as being forced #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨#¨#¨¨#¨         to imagine a scenario...         #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨#¨#¨##¨                                          #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨#¨#¨¨#¨           ¨~=;=£#¶@##@¶#£=;=~¨           #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨#¨#¨##¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~~~~~==;=£##£=;==~~~~~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨#¨#¨¨#¨ ~~~~~=====;;;==£££#¶¶#£££==;;;=====~~~~~ #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨#¨#¨##¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~~~~~==;=£##£=;==~~~~~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨#¨#¨¨#¨           ¨~=;=£#¶@##@¶#£=;=~¨           #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨#¨#¨##¨                                          #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨#¨#¨¨#¨           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 #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨#¨#¨¨#¨                                          #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨#¨#¨##¨                                          #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨#¨#¨¨#¨                                          #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨#¨#¨##¨                                          #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨#¨#¨¨#¨                                          #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨#¨#¨##¨                                          #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨