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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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