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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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