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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.          ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, 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.             ,,,,,,,=*^
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£$^*=,,,,, SOMETIMES  I'M TOO SLOW AND FAIL TO MAKE ,,,,,=*^$£
#£$^*=,,,, THEM  DO  WHAT   I'M  INSTRUCTED  BEFORE ,,,,=*^$£#
@#£$^*=,,, TIME'S OUT, AND  THEN THEY GET PUNISHED. ,,,=*^$£#@
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@#£$^*=,,, ONE  OF THEM GOT HIS  VOCABULARY  SHRUNK ,,,=*^$£#@
#£$^*=,,,, DOWN  TO ONLY THE WORD HE FAILED TO  SAY ,,,,=*^$£#
£$^*=,,,,,     (ROOFS? RUFUS?), MANY WERE JUST      ,,,,,=*^$£
$^*=,,,,,,            PHYSICALLY MAIMED.            ,,,,,,=*^$
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*=,,,,,,,, IT   ALL    WAS   VERY   STRESSFUL   AND ,,,,,,,,=*
=,,,,,,,,, REPULSIVE. IT FELT LIKE  A NIGHTMARE, OR ,,,,,,,,,=
,,,,,,,,,,               FEVER DREAM.               ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, I   HAVEN'T   TRIED   TO   SLEEP   SINCE ,,,,,,,,,,
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