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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     *=-,......
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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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