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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.              @@@,,,@@@@
@@@@@,,,,@                                          @@,,@,,@@@
@@@@,,@@,, 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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