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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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,^~=%@####                    £                     ####@%=~^,
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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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