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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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