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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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