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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)) ##%^*-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-*^%# #%^*-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-*^% - %^*-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,-*^ ^*-,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-* 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. %^*-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-*^%# #%^*-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-*^%## ^ ##%^*-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-*^%### ###%^*-,¨¨
¨,-*^%#### 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. *-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,- -,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, # ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,- -,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-* 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. ##%^*-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-*^%# #%^*-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-*^% # %^*-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,-*^ ^*-,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-* 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. ###%^*-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-*^%## ##%^*-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-*^%# ¨ #%^*-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-*^% %^*-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,-*^ 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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