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...==*%@#@             % dream palace %             @#@%*==...
....==*%@#             . ----- ------ .             #@%*==....
...==*%@#@             % ..... ...... %             @#@%*==...
..==*%@#@#             = ..... ...... =             #@#@%*==..
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....==*%@# not actually a palace. a cottage in  the #@%*==....
...==*%@#@  woods (temperate climate, rains every   @#@%*==...
..==*%@#@# other  day,  springs  and  streams   and #@#@%*==..
...==*%@#@   mysterious iron and stone artifacts,   @#@%*==...
....==*%@#    birdland-ish eternal spring (late     #@%*==....
...==*%@#@                 spring))                 @#@%*==...
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...==*%@#@                     =                    @#@%*==...
....==*%@#                                          #@%*==....
...==*%@#@ i wake up every morning  at six am. it's @#@%*==...
..==*%@#@# dark,  and the stars  are  out, but  the #@#@%*==..
...==*%@#@ sun is  about to  rise. its a  long day, @#@%*==...
....==*%@# before  it  fades  to night  again,  and #@%*==....
...==*%@#@ then it stays  so  until i fall  asleep. @#@%*==...
..==*%@#@# it  doesn't  rise  unless  i've  had  my #@#@%*==..
...==*%@#@                 dreams.                  @#@%*==...
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...==*%@#@ in  this cottage there's  a lot of radio @#@%*==...
....==*%@#   equipment, sound stuff, synths, tape   #@%*==....
...==*%@#@ players.  pen and paper, books, cameras, @#@%*==...
..==*%@#@# mirrors, prisms,  and  various things to #@#@%*==..
...==*%@#@ do art with. the  fridge is filled  with @#@%*==...
....==*%@# differet  foods, all of them intriguing, #@%*==....
...==*%@#@             slightly weird.              @#@%*==...
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...==*%@#@                    @                     @#@%*==...
....==*%@#                                          #@%*==....
...==*%@#@ i  have friends  - there's a cat,  and a @#@%*==...
..==*%@#@# dog  (who  is  ridicolously   large  and #@#@%*==..
...==*%@#@ wants to be the big spoon).  i listen to @#@%*==...
....==*%@# the  shortwave radio, and transmit a bit #@%*==....
...==*%@#@ myself,  songs  and  poetry,  and  found @#@%*==...
..==*%@#@# sounds from the  forest. the others tell #@#@%*==..
...==*%@#@ of their lives,  play the guitar for me, @#@%*==...
....==*%@# and  tell  tales  of the  old  world.  i #@%*==....
...==*%@#@      consider them friends as well.      @#@%*==...
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...==*%@#@ most importantly,  there's a two  square @#@%*==...
..==*%@#@# meter  area on the  floor  where  i  can #@#@%*==..
...==*%@#@ "save"  things. whatever i  put in  here @#@%*==...
....==*%@# will  not  be  affected  by  the nightly #@%*==....
...==*%@#@    reset. everything else, however, is   @#@%*==...
..==*%@#@#    completely reset overnight: synth     #@#@%*==..
...==*%@#@   patches removed, food uneaten, wounds  @#@%*==...
....==*%@# healed,  and wherever  and  whenever i'd #@%*==....
...==*%@#@ fall  asleep  i'd  always wake  up fully @#@%*==...
..==*%@#@# rested  in  my  bed.  sometimes  there's #@#@%*==..
...==*%@#@ accidents   where   i  lose   stuff   by @#@%*==...
....==*%@# forgetting to  put  them  in the square. #@%*==....
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..==*%@#@#                     .                    #@#@%*==..
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....==*%@# at  night,  i  have   demi-lucid  dreams #@%*==....
...==*%@#@ where the  spirits of  the forest around @#@%*==...
..==*%@#@# the  cottage tries to communicate. here, #@#@%*==..
...==*%@#@ it's  not endless  but  connected  to  a @#@%*==...
....==*%@# large  sprawling  city, where  my  radio #@%*==....
...==*%@#@ friends live.  we go exploring  together @#@%*==...
..==*%@#@# - things are deep and  dark - but unlike #@#@%*==..
...==*%@#@ me, they never remember during the  day. @#@%*==...
....==*%@# this  is a  mystery  we  often  discuss. #@%*==....
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