(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.