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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.