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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,   ##£@$==«,,
,,,,===@@@    birdland-ish eternal spring (late     @@@===,,,,
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,,«==$@££# 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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