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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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##@@%^\=^. ........^^^^^^==\^%@@%^\==^^^^^^........ .^=\^%@@##
@@@@%^\=^. ^^^^^=====\\\^^%%%@@@@%%%^^\\\=====^^^^^ .^=\^%@@@@
#@@@%^\=^. ........^^^^^^==\^%@@%^\==^^^^^^........ .^=\^%@@@#
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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.             ..^===^^@@
@@@%\=^...                                          ...^=\%@@@
@@^=...... 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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