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¨¨¨.»^^§§# i fall asleep in  the  wrong throat  and #§§^^».¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.»^^§§ is not so  much dreaming as being forced §§^^».¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.»^^§         to imagine a scenario...         §^^».¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.»^^                                          ^^».¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.»^           ¨.»^^§§######§§^^».¨           ^».¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.» ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨......»»^^§§§§^^»»......¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ».¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨. .....»»»»»^^^^^§§§§##§§§§^^^^^»»»»»..... .¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨......»»^^§§§§^^»»......¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨           ¨.»^^§§######§§^^».¨           ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨           big halls, arcades,            ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨         filled with characters.          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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.              ^».¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.»^^                                          ^^».¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.»^^§ sometimes i'm too  slow and fail to make §^^».¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.»^^§§ them  do   what  i'm  instructed  before §§^^».¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨.»^^§§# time's out,  and then they get punished. #§§^^».¨¨¨
¨¨.»^^§§##                                          ##§§^^».¨¨
¨.»^^§§### one  of  them got  his vocabulary shrunk ###§§^^».¨
¨¨.»^^§§## down to only the word  he  failed to say ##§§^^».¨¨
¨¨¨.»^^§§#      (roofs? rufus?), many were just     #§§^^».¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.»^^§§            physically maimed.            §§^^».¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.»^^§                                          §^^».¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.»^^ it   all   was   very    stressful   and ^^».¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.»^ repulsive. it felt like a nightmare,  or ^».¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.»               fever dream.               ».¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.                                          .¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ i   haven't   tried   to   sleep   since ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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