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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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