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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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,,,,,,,,,&                     #                    ,,,,,,&&&,
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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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