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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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