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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.             ¨,~^§$¤###
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###¤$§^~,¨                                          ¨,~^§$¤###
#¤§^~~¨¨¨¨ i  have friends  -  there's a cat, and a ¨¨¨¨~~^§¤#
#$^^,¨¨¨¨¨ 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.      ¨¨¨¨~§$¤##
###¤$§^~,¨                                          ¨,~^§$¤###
¤§§^,¨¨¨¨¨                     #                    ¨¨¨¨¨,^§§¤
###¤$§^~,¨                                          ¨,~^§$¤###
###¤$§^~,¨ 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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