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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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#@@§§$*~:,           ,:~*$§@######@§$*~:,           ,:~*$§§@@#
###@§$*~:,                                          ,:~*$§@###
##§$$~,,,,            BIG HALLS, ARCADES,           ,,,,~$$§##
###@§$*~:,         FILLED WITH CHARACTERS.          ,:~*$§@###
@@§§$$*~:,                                          ,:~*$$§§@@
###@§$*~:, I  GET INSTRUCTIONS FOR THEM, FOR WHAT I ,:~*$§@###
###@§$*~:, MUST IMAGINE THEM DOING  OR SAYING. THEY ,:~*$§@###
@@@@§$*~:, HAVE  SOME  AGENCY,  BUT NOT  WHILE  I'M ,:~*$§@@@@
###@§$*~:,   LOOKING. THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE BEAMED   ,:~*$§@###
###@§$*~:, INTO  MY  MIND,  SPOKEN FROM  A GOD,  OR ,:~*$§@###
###@§$*~:,             FALSE DEMIURGE.              ,:~*$§@###
###@§$*~:,                                          ,:~*$§@###
#§***~,,,, SOMETIMES  I'M TOO SLOW AND FAIL TO MAKE ,,,,~***§#
###@§$*~:, THEM  DO  WHAT  I'M   INSTRUCTED  BEFORE ,:~*$§@###
###@§$*~:, TIME'S OUT, AND  THEN THEY GET PUNISHED. ,:~*$§@###
###@§$*~:,                                          ,:~*$§@###
###@§$*~:, ONE OF THEM  GOT HIS  VOCABULARY  SHRUNK ,:~*$§@###
###@§$*~:, DOWN TO ONLY THE  WORD HE FAILED TO  SAY ,:~*$§@###
##@$~~~:,,      (ROOFS? RUFUS?), MANY WERE JUST     ,,:~~~$@##
###@§$*~:,            PHYSICALLY MAIMED.            ,:~*$§@###
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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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