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¨#¨#¨¨##¨¨ 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   ¨#¨#¨##¨¨¨
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#¨¨¨###¨#¨ THEM  DO  WHAT  I'M   INSTRUCTED  BEFORE #¨¨¨#¨#¨##
¨#¨¨#¨¨### TIME'S OUT, AND  THEN THEY GET PUNISHED. ##¨¨#####¨
¨##¨##¨#¨¨                                          #¨#¨#¨¨¨¨#
##¨##¨###¨ 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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