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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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