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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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###@$$:«,¨         FILLED WITH CHARACTERS.          ¨,«:$$@###
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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     ¨«:$$@####
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#@@$«¨¨¨¨¨ REPULSIVE. IT FELT LIKE A NIGHTMARE,  OR ¨¨¨¨¨«$@@#
@$«,¨¨¨¨¨¨               FEVER DREAM.               ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«$@
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@@$$:«,¨¨¨ I   HAVEN'T   TRIED   TO   SLEEP   SINCE ¨¨¨,«:$$@@
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