@&$$==,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,==$$&@
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#@&$$==,¨¨ ¨¨,==$$&@#
@&$$==,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,==$$&@
&$$==,¨¨¨¨ $ dream palace $ ¨¨¨¨,==$$&
$$==,¨¨¨¨¨ , ----- ------ , ¨¨¨¨¨,==$$
$==,¨¨¨¨¨¨ $ ..... ...... $ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,==$
$$==,¨¨¨¨¨ = ..... ...... = ¨¨¨¨¨,==$$
&$$==,¨¨¨¨ , ..... ...... , ¨¨¨¨,==$$&
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#@&$$==,¨¨ ¨¨,==$$&@#
@&$$==,¨¨¨ not actually a palace. a cottage in the ¨¨¨,==$$&@
&$$==,¨¨¨¨ woods (temperate climate, rains every ¨¨¨¨,==$$&
$$==,¨¨¨¨¨ other day, springs and streams and ¨¨¨¨¨,==$$
$==,¨¨¨¨¨¨ mysterious iron and stone artifacts, ¨¨¨¨¨¨,==$
$$==,¨¨¨¨¨ birdland-ish eternal spring (late ¨¨¨¨¨,==$$
&$$==,¨¨¨¨ spring)) ¨¨¨¨,==$$&
@&$$==,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,==$$&@
#@&$$==,¨¨ = ¨¨,==$$&@#
##@&$$==,¨ ¨,==$$&@##
#@&$$==,¨¨ i wake up every morning at six am. it's ¨¨,==$$&@#
@&$$==,¨¨¨ dark, and the stars are out, but the ¨¨¨,==$$&@
&$$==,¨¨¨¨ sun is about to rise. its a long day, ¨¨¨¨,==$$&
$$==,¨¨¨¨¨ before it fades to night again, and ¨¨¨¨¨,==$$
$==,¨¨¨¨¨¨ then it stays so until i fall asleep. ¨¨¨¨¨¨,==$
$$==,¨¨¨¨¨ it doesn't rise unless i've had my ¨¨¨¨¨,==$$
&$$==,¨¨¨¨ dreams. ¨¨¨¨,==$$&
@&$$==,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,==$$&@
#@&$$==,¨¨ $ ¨¨,==$$&@#
##@&$$==,¨ ¨,==$$&@##
#@&$$==,¨¨ in this cottage there's a lot of radio ¨¨,==$$&@#
@&$$==,¨¨¨ equipment, sound stuff, synths, tape ¨¨¨,==$$&@
&$$==,¨¨¨¨ players. pen and paper, books, cameras, ¨¨¨¨,==$$&
$$==,¨¨¨¨¨ mirrors, prisms, and various things to ¨¨¨¨¨,==$$
$==,¨¨¨¨¨¨ do art with. the fridge is filled with ¨¨¨¨¨¨,==$
$$==,¨¨¨¨¨ differet foods, all of them intriguing, ¨¨¨¨¨,==$$
&$$==,¨¨¨¨ slightly weird. ¨¨¨¨,==$$&
@&$$==,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,==$$&@
#@&$$==,¨¨ & ¨¨,==$$&@#
##@&$$==,¨ ¨,==$$&@##
#@&$$==,¨¨ i have friends - there's a cat, and a ¨¨,==$$&@#
@&$$==,¨¨¨ dog (who is ridicolously large and ¨¨¨,==$$&@
&$$==,¨¨¨¨ wants to be the big spoon). i listen to ¨¨¨¨,==$$&
$$==,¨¨¨¨¨ the shortwave radio, and transmit a bit ¨¨¨¨¨,==$$
$==,¨¨¨¨¨¨ myself, songs and poetry, and found ¨¨¨¨¨¨,==$
$$==,¨¨¨¨¨ sounds from the forest. the others tell ¨¨¨¨¨,==$$
&$$==,¨¨¨¨ of their lives, play the guitar for me, ¨¨¨¨,==$$&
@&$$==,¨¨¨ and tell tales of the old world. i ¨¨¨,==$$&@
#@&$$==,¨¨ consider them friends as well. ¨¨,==$$&@#
##@&$$==,¨ ¨,==$$&@##
#@&$$==,¨¨ @ ¨¨,==$$&@#
@&$$==,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,==$$&@
&$$==,¨¨¨¨ most importantly, there's a two square ¨¨¨¨,==$$&
$$==,¨¨¨¨¨ meter area on the floor where i can ¨¨¨¨¨,==$$
$==,¨¨¨¨¨¨ "save" things. whatever i put in here ¨¨¨¨¨¨,==$
$$==,¨¨¨¨¨ will not be affected by the nightly ¨¨¨¨¨,==$$
&$$==,¨¨¨¨ reset. everything else, however, is ¨¨¨¨,==$$&
@&$$==,¨¨¨ completely reset overnight: synth ¨¨¨,==$$&@
#@&$$==,¨¨ patches removed, food uneaten, wounds ¨¨,==$$&@#
##@&$$==,¨ healed, and wherever and whenever i'd ¨,==$$&@##
#@&$$==,¨¨ fall asleep i'd always wake up fully ¨¨,==$$&@#
@&$$==,¨¨¨ rested in my bed. sometimes there's ¨¨¨,==$$&@
&$$==,¨¨¨¨ accidents where i lose stuff by ¨¨¨¨,==$$&
$$==,¨¨¨¨¨ forgetting to put them in the square. ¨¨¨¨¨,==$$
$==,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,==$
$$==,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,==$$
&$$==,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,==$$&
@&$$==,¨¨¨ at night, i have demi-lucid dreams ¨¨¨,==$$&@
#@&$$==,¨¨ where the spirits of the forest around ¨¨,==$$&@#
##@&$$==,¨ the cottage tries to communicate. here, ¨,==$$&@##
#@&$$==,¨¨ it's not endless but connected to a ¨¨,==$$&@#
@&$$==,¨¨¨ large sprawling city, where my radio ¨¨¨,==$$&@
&$$==,¨¨¨¨ friends live. we go exploring together ¨¨¨¨,==$$&
$$==,¨¨¨¨¨ - things are deep and dark - but unlike ¨¨¨¨¨,==$$
$==,¨¨¨¨¨¨ me, they never remember during the day. ¨¨¨¨¨¨,==$
$$==,¨¨¨¨¨ this is a mystery we often discuss. ¨¨¨¨¨,==$$
&$$==,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,==$$&
@&$$==,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,==$$&@
#@&$$==,¨¨ ¨¨,==$$&@#
##@&$$==,¨ ¨,==$$&@##
#@&$$==,¨¨ ¨¨,==$$&@#
@&$$==,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,==$$&@