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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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