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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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