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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.