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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.                  
                                          
 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.               
                                          
 THIS  IS  PROBABLY  NOT  HOW  DELIRIANTS 
 WORK.   BUT   I   HAD    THE    THOUGHT.