(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.