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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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......,=**          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 ¤§**=,....
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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 §**=,.....
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