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¨¨¨,=†%§@@ @@§%†=,¨¨¨
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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. =,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,= =,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=† †=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,=†% %†=,¨¨¨¨¨¨