(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.