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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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