(ICARUS)                 
                                          
 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.