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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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