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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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