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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     ££@%%%*»,,
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,,»*%@§£## IT   ALL    WAS   VERY   STRESSFUL   AND ##£§@%*»,,
,,»*%@§£## REPULSIVE. IT  FELT LIKE A NIGHTMARE, OR ##£§@%*»,,
,,,,,»*@@£               FEVER DREAM.               £@@*»,,,,,
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