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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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,,,,~/†%¤#                    †                     #¤%†/~,,,,
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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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