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#§§\\\,¨¨¨ % dream palace % ¨¨¨,\\\§§#
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###§%§\~,¨ % ..... ...... % ¨,~\§%§###
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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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