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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.            ....^»*%§@
§%*»^.....                                          .....^»*%§
%*»^...... 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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