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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. ¨.~/%@¤@##
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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. ¨.~/%@¤@##
###@¤@/~.¨ ¨.~/@¤@###
##@¤@%/~.¨ I HAVEN'T TRIED TO SLEEP SINCE ¨.~/%@¤@##
¤@%/.¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨./%@¤
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