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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.          ,.~;†&&@@@
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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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