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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.         ###@@*;~~.
.~~;*@@###                                          ###@@*;~~.
.~~;*@@### 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. ##@@;~....
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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.            #@@**;;~~.
.~~;*@@###                                          ###@@*;~~.
.~~;*@@### 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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