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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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,,«^=%@#@# 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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