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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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&&,&,&&&,&                     «                    ,&&,,&,&&&
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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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