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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,           ¨.«†§¤@¶¶#
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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.               ¨.«†§¤@###
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##¶@¤§†«.¨ I   HAVEN'T   TRIED   TO   SLEEP   SINCE ¨.«†§¤@¶##
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