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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 .&.&.&..&.
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.&.&&&&&&& 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. .&&.&.&..&
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&&.&.&&.&& THIS IS PROBABLY NOT HOW DELIRIANTS &&....&&..
.&&&&.&&.. WORK. BUT I HAD THE THOUGHT. .&...&.&.&
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