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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. .........,
.......... ..........
,......... @ .........,
-,........ ........,-
§-,....... 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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