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¨,=/^$&&&# $ dream palace $ #&&&$^/=,¨
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¨,=/^^$$## woods (temperate climate, rains every ##$$^^/=,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,/$## other day, springs and streams and ##$/,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,=//^^^$& mysterious iron and stone artifacts, &$^^^//=,¨
¨,=/^$&### birdland-ish eternal spring (late ###&$^/=,¨
¨,=/^$&### spring)) ###&$^/=,¨
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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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