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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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§§/«,..... 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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