,,~/%*#@##                                          ##@#*%/~,,
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,,~/%*#@@#                                          #@@#*%/~,,
,,~/%*#@@#                                          #@@#*%/~,,
,,,,,,,~%#                                          #%~,,,,,,,
,,,,//*##@ i  fall  asleep in  the wrong throat and @##*//,,,,
,,,,~%%*#@ is not so much dreaming  as being forced @#*%%~,,,,
,,~~~%%%#@         to imagine a scenario...         @#%%%~~~,,
,,~/%*#@@#                                          #@@#*%/~,,
,,~/%*#@@#           ,,~/%*#@@##@@#*%/~,,           #@@#*%/~,,
,,,,///*## ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,~~/%*##*%/~~,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ##*///,,,,
,,~/%*#@@# ,,,,,~~~~~///%%***#@@#***%%///~~~~~,,,,, #@@#*%/~,,
,,~/%*#@@# ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,~~/%*##*%/~~,,,,,,,,,,,,,, #@@#*%/~,,
,,~/%*#@@#           ,,~/%*#@@##@@#*%/~,,           #@@#*%/~,,
,,~/%*#@@@                                          @@@#*%/~,,
,,~/%*#@@@           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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