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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 &....&...&
.&&&..&..& 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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