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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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