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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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.,=\^@#### I   HAVEN'T   TRIED   TO   SLEEP   SINCE ####@^\=,.
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