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#*%*~^.... 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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