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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)) #@#&@=\~^.
.^~\=@@# #@#&@=\~^.
.^~\=@@# ~ #@#&@=\~^.
....^^^\@& &@\^^^....
.^~\=@@# 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. @@#&@=\~^.
.^~\=@## ##@#&=\~^.
.....^~\@# & #@\~^.....
.^~\=@@&&@ @&&@@=\~^.
.....~~~=& 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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