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,^»=†£&£## i  fall asleep in  the  wrong throat and ##£&£†=»^,
,^»=†£&£## is not  so much dreaming as being forced ##£&£†=»^,
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,^»=†£&£##            big halls, arcades,           ##£&£†=»^,
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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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