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.§.§§.§... I   HAD   THIS  IDEA   THAT   YOU  COULD §.§....§.§
§§§.§§§...  CONSTRUCT REALITY CHECKS (AS FOR LUCID  §§§...§§§§
..§§..§... DREAMING, WHERE  YOU'D LEARN THIS  HABIT ..§..§....
.§.§.§§..§ OF  TRYING  TO SNEAKILY BREAK THE  RULES .§§.§§....
§§§§§.§.§§ OF   CAUSALITY  OR   PHYSICS,  SUCH   AS §.§§.§....
....§§§§.§ FLIPPING A  LIGHT  SWITCH  TO SEE  IF IT §§.§§§...§
...§...§§§ ACTUALLY   TURNS  OFF   THE  LIGHTS,  OR .§§..§..§§
..§§..§..§ TRYING   TO  GET  YOUR  HANDS  TO  PHASE §.§.§§.§.§
.§.§.§§.§. TOGETHER. THE  THOUGHT BEING THAT IF ANY §§§§.§§§§§
§§§§§.§§§§ OF  THE  "CHECKS" ACTUALLY WORKED, YOU'D ...§§....§
....§§.... KNOW  YOU   WERE  DREAMING)  FOR  DATURA ..§.§...§.
...§.§....                  PLANTS.                 .§§§§..§§.
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.§...§...§ I THOUGHT, YOU  COULD  GET  IN THE HABIT §..§§§§§§.
§§..§§..§§ OF THROWING  THINGS ON THE GROUND,  LIKE §.§.....§.
.§.§.§.§..    PENS. MEANT TO PORTRAY CIGARETTES,    §§§....§§§
§§§§§§§§.. BECAUSE EVERYONE  WHO DOES DATURA SMOKES ..§...§..§
.......§.. CIGARETTES.  (THEY IN FACT  AREN'T,  AND .§§..§§.§.
......§§.§ SO  SOONER   OR   LATER  THE  CIGARETTES §.§.§.§§§.
.....§.§§. DISAPPEAR, AND THEY  SEARCH THE  GROUND, §§§§§§..§.
....§§§.§§ BUT NOTHING'S THERE.)  THROWING  PENS ON .....§.§§.
...§..§§.. THE  GROUND AND  PICKING  THEM BACK  UP. ....§§§.§.
..§§.§.§.§ AND BE REALLY CONCERNED IF  THEY WEREN'T ...§..§§§.
.§.§§§§§§.               TO BE THERE.               ..§§.§..§.
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..§....§.. THIS  IS  PROBABLY  NOT  HOW  DELIRIANTS §§§..§§.§§
.§§...§§.. WORK.    BUT   I   HAD    THE   THOUGHT. ..§.§.§§.§
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