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,,-*=%%%@#                                          #@%%%=*-,,
,,-*=%§@@#             % dream palace %             #@@§%=*-,,
,,-=%§@###             , ----- ------ ,             ###@§%=-,,
,,-*=%§@##             % ..... ...... %             ##@§%=*-,,
,,-*=%§@##             * ..... ...... *             ##@§%=*-,,
,,-*=§@###             , ..... ...... ,             ###@§=*-,,
,,,,,-**%@             , ..... ...... ,             @%**-,,,,,
,,-*=%§§§§             , ..... ...... ,             §§§§%=*-,,
,,-*=%§@##                                          ##@§%=*-,,
,,,,,,-=§#                                          #§=-,,,,,,
,,-*=%§@## 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))                 ##@§%=*-,,
,,-*=%§@##                                          ##@§%=*-,,
,,-*=%§@##                    -                     ##@§%=*-,,
,,,--*=§§@                                          @§§=*--,,,
,,-*=%§@## 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.                  ##@§%=*-,,
,,,,,,-=%@                                          @%=-,,,,,,
,,-*===§@#                    =                     #@§===*-,,
,,-*=§@###                                          ###@§=*-,,
,,-*=%§@## 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.              ##@§%=*-,,
,,,,,,*%§§                                          §§%*,,,,,,
,,,-***%§#                    §                     #§%***-,,,
,,,,-=%%%§                                          §%%%=-,,,,
,,-*=%§@## 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. ##@§%=*-,,
,,-*=%§###                                          ###§%=*-,,
,,-*=%§@##                     ,                    ##@§%=*-,,
,,-*=%§@##                                          ##@§%=*-,,
,,-*=%§@## 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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,,,,,,**=§                                          §=**,,,,,,
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,,,,,,*%§@                                          @§%*,,,,,,