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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. ¨.~/%@¤@##
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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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