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&.&&&..&.& (ICARUS) &.&......&
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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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