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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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