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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.              *†=.......
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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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