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&&&%=,,¨¨¨ i fall asleep in the wrong throat and ¨¨¨,,=%&&&
#@@&%%==,¨ is not so much dreaming as being forced ¨,==%%&@@#
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#@@&%%==,¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨,=%&&
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@@@&%%==,¨ 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 ¨,==%%@@##
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