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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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