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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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