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##£@%§^»,, is not so much dreaming as  being forced ,,»^§%@£##
#£@%§^»,,,         to imagine a scenario...         ,,,»^§%@£#
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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.               ,,»^§%@£##
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£@%§^»,,,, i   haven't   tried   to   sleep   since ,,,,»^§%@£
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