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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.          &,&&&&,,&&
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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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