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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ IS NOT SO MUCH DREAMING AS  BEING FORCED ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨         TO IMAGINE A SCENARIO...         ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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#$††~^¨¨¨¨         FILLED WITH CHARACTERS.          ¨¨¨¨^~††$#
##$††~^¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨^~††$##
###$††~^¨¨ I GET INSTRUCTIONS FOR THEM, FOR  WHAT I ¨¨^~††$###
####$††~^¨ MUST IMAGINE  THEM DOING OR SAYING. THEY ¨^~††$####
###$††~^¨¨ HAVE  SOME AGENCY,  BUT  NOT  WHILE  I'M ¨¨^~††$###
##$††~^¨¨¨   LOOKING. THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE BEAMED   ¨¨¨^~††$##
#$††~^¨¨¨¨ INTO  MY  MIND,  SPOKEN  FROM A  GOD, OR ¨¨¨¨^~††$#
$††~^¨¨¨¨¨             FALSE DEMIURGE.              ¨¨¨¨¨^~††$
††~^¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~††
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~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THEM  DO  WHAT  I'M   INSTRUCTED  BEFORE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ TIME'S OUT,  AND THEN THEY GET PUNISHED. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ DOWN TO ONLY  THE WORD  HE FAILED TO SAY ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨      (ROOFS? RUFUS?), MANY WERE JUST     ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨            PHYSICALLY MAIMED.            ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ IT   ALL   WAS   VERY    STRESSFUL   AND ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ REPULSIVE. IT FELT LIKE  A NIGHTMARE, OR ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨               FEVER DREAM.               ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~
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###$††~^¨¨                                          ¨¨^~††$###