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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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###§@**~^. ........^^^^^^~~**@§§@**~~^^^^^^........ .^~**@§###
##§@**~^.. ^^^^^~~~~~*****@@@§##§@@@*****~~~~~^^^^^ ..^~**@§##
###§@**~^. ........^^^^^^~~**@§§@**~~^^^^^^........ .^~**@§###
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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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