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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.              :,,,,,,,,,
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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. £@%§:,,,,,
,,,,:§%@£#                                          #£@%§:,,,,
,,,:§%@£## 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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