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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)) &%\~~.....
....~~\%&@ @&%\~~....
...~~\%&@@ ~ @@&%\~~...
..~~\%&@@# #@@&%\~~..
.~~\%&@@## 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. @@&%\~~...
..~~\%&@@# #@@&%\~~..
.~~\%&@@## @ ##@@&%\~~.
..~~\%&@@# #@@&%\~~..
...~~\%&@@ 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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