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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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