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,,,^~§¤§@#                                          #@§¤§~^,,,
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,,,^~§¤§@#             ¤ dream palace ¤             #@§¤§~^,,,
,,^~§¤§@##             ^ ----- ------ ^             ##@§¤§~^,,
,^~§¤§@###             ¤ ..... ...... ¤             ###@§¤§~^,
,,^~§¤§@##             ^ ..... ...... ^             ##@§¤§~^,,
,,,^~§¤§@#             ^ ..... ...... ^             #@§¤§~^,,,
,,,,^~§¤§@             ^ ..... ...... ^             @§¤§~^,,,,
,,,^~§¤§@#             , ..... ...... ,             #@§¤§~^,,,
,,^~§¤§@##                                          ##@§¤§~^,,
,^~§¤§@###                                          ###@§¤§~^,
,,^~§¤§@## 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. ##@§¤§~^,,
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