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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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