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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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