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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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