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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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#@@@$%*«-¨ I GET INSTRUCTIONS FOR  THEM, FOR WHAT I ¨-«*%$@@@#
@$*-¨¨¨¨¨¨ MUST IMAGINE THEM  DOING OR SAYING. THEY ¨¨¨¨¨¨-*$@
##$$$%*«-¨ HAVE  SOME AGENCY,  BUT  NOT  WHILE  I'M ¨-«*%$$$##
###@$%*«-¨   LOOKING. THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE BEAMED   ¨-«*%$@###
###@$%*«-¨ INTO  MY  MIND, SPOKEN  FROM  A GOD,  OR ¨-«*%$@###
@$$$*---¨¨             FALSE DEMIURGE.              ¨¨---*$$$@
@$*-¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨-*$@
###@$%*«-¨ SOMETIMES I'M TOO SLOW AND FAIL  TO MAKE ¨-«*%$@###
#$$$*-¨¨¨¨ THEM   DO  WHAT  I'M  INSTRUCTED  BEFORE ¨¨¨¨-*$$$#
@$*«---¨¨¨ TIME'S OUT, AND THEN THEY GET  PUNISHED. ¨¨¨---«*$@
#$$*«-¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨-«*$$#
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#@@%«¨¨¨¨¨ 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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