.~=^§$$$##                                          ##$$$§^=~.
.~=^^^^§§@                                          @§§^^^^=~.
.~=^§$@###                                          ###@$§^=~.
.~==^^^^$#                                          #$^^^^==~.
.~=^§$@###                                          ###@$§^=~.
.~=^§$@###             $ 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 @$$$^~~~..
.....~=^$@ myself,  songs  and  poetry,  and  found @$^=~.....
.~=^§$@### sounds from  the forest. the others tell ###@$§^=~.
.~=^§$@@## of their lives, play the guitar  for me, ##@@$§^=~.
.~=^§§§@@# and  tell  tales  of  the old  world.  i #@@§§§^=~.
.~=^§$@###      consider them friends as well.      ###@$§^=~.
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.~=^§$@###                     #                    ###@$§^=~.
.~=^§$@###                                          ###@$§^=~.
..~~~^$$$@ 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    #$$$§=....
.~=^§$@###   patches removed, food uneaten, wounds  ###@$§^=~.
.~=^§$@### healed,  and  wherever  and whenever i'd ###@$§^=~.
.~=^§$@### fall  asleep  i'd  always wake up  fully ###@$§^=~.
....~^§@@@ rested  in  my  bed.  sometimes  there's @@@§^~....
.~=^§$@### accidents   where   i   lose   stuff  by ###@$§^=~.
.~=^§§§§$@ forgetting to put  them  in the  square. @$§§§§^=~.
...~^^$$##                                          ##$$^^~...
.~=^§$@@@@                    .                     @@@@$§^=~.
.....=§@@#                                          #@@§=.....
.~=^§$@### at   night,  i  have  demi-lucid  dreams ###@$§^=~.
.~=^§$@### where  the  spirits of the forest around ###@$§^=~.
.~=^§$@### the cottage tries to  communicate. here, ###@$§^=~.
....=^§§@# it's not  endless  but  connected  to  a #@§§^=....
....~^$$@@ 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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.~=^^^§$##                                          ##$§^^^=~.