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#@£#%**«-, i  fall asleep  in the wrong  throat and ,-«**%#£@#
#*««,,,,,, is not so much dreaming as  being forced ,,,,,,««*#
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@££#%**«-,          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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