@##%%*†-~. .~-†*%%##@
#@##%*†-~. .~-†*%##@#
##@#%*†-~. .~-†*%#@##
#*†-~..... .....~-†*#
#@##%*†-~. .~-†*%##@#
#@##%*†-~. % 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)) .~-†*%##@#
@#%%*†~~.. ..~~†*%%#@
#@##%*†-~. - .~-†*%##@#
#@##%*†-~. .~-†*%##@#
@@##%*†-~. 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. .~-†*%##@#
@#*-~..... .....~-*#@
###%*---~. * .~---*%###
##@#%*†-~. .~-†*%#@##
####%*†-~. 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. .~-†*%%%%#
#%%†-..... .....-†%%#
##%%%*†-~. # .~-†*%%%##
@###%*†-~. .~-†*%###@
#%%***†-~. 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. ....~-††%#
####%*†-~. .~-†*%####
#@##%*†-~. # .~-†*%##@#
@@##%*†-~. .~-†*%##@@
#%†~...... 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. ....~†††%#
#%%*-..... .....-*%%#
#@##%*†-~. . .~-†*%##@#
@#%*-..... .....-*%#@
#*-~...... 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. .....~-†*#
#@##%*†-~. .~-†*%##@#
#**††-~... ...~-††**#
#@##%*†-~. .~-†*%##@#
##%**††-~. .~-††**%##
####%*†-~. .~-†*%####
@@##%*†-~. .~-†*%##@@