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=/~^...... I  FALL ASLEEP  IN THE WRONG  THROAT AND ......^~/=
/~^....... IS NOT SO  MUCH DREAMING AS BEING FORCED .......^~/
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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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