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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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###§@%:~:¨ :::::~~~~~:::%%@@@§##§@@@%%:::~~~~~::::: ¨:~:%@§###
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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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