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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.             ¨¨~«*%¤§#@
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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.               ¨~«*%¤§#@#
@#§¤%*«~¨¨                                          ¨¨~«*%¤§#@
#§¤%*«~¨¨¨ I   HAVEN'T   TRIED   TO   SLEEP   SINCE ¨¨¨~«*%¤§#
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