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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. #@@#&*^«:.
..:«^*&#@@ @@#&*^«:..
...:«^*&#@ 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. @@#&*^«:..
...:«^*&#@ @#&*^«:...
....:«^*&# 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. @#&*^«:...
..:«^*&#@@ @@#&*^«:..
.:«^*&#@@# IT ALL WAS VERY STRESSFUL AND #@@#&*^«:.
..:«^*&#@@ REPULSIVE. IT FELT LIKE A NIGHTMARE, OR @@#&*^«:..
...:«^*&#@ FEVER DREAM. @#&*^«:...
....:«^*&# #&*^«:....
...:«^*&#@ I HAVEN'T TRIED TO SLEEP SINCE @#&*^«:...
..:«^*&#@@ @@#&*^«:..
.:«^*&#@@# #@@#&*^«:.
..:«^*&#@@ @@#&*^«:..
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