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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. @@%==~,,,,
,,,~==%@@@ @@@%==~,,,
,,~==%@@@# #@@@%==~,,
,~==%@@@## ##@@@%==~,
,,~==%@@@# #@@@%==~,,
,,,~==%@@@ @@@%==~,,,
,,,,~==%@@ @@%==~,,,,