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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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