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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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