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¨¨^-^†%#@#                                          #@#%†^-^¨¨
¨¨¨^-^†%#@                                          @#%†^-^¨¨¨
¨¨^-^†%#@#                                          #@#%†^-^¨¨
¨^-^†%#@##                                          ##@#%†^-^¨
¨¨^-^†%#@#             % dream palace %             #@#%†^-^¨¨
¨¨¨^-^†%#@             ^ ----- ------ ^             @#%†^-^¨¨¨
¨¨^-^†%#@#             % ..... ...... %             #@#%†^-^¨¨
¨^-^†%#@##             ^ ..... ...... ^             ##@#%†^-^¨
¨¨^-^†%#@#             ^ ..... ...... ^             #@#%†^-^¨¨
¨¨¨^-^†%#@             ^ ..... ...... ^             @#%†^-^¨¨¨
¨¨^-^†%#@#             ¨ ..... ...... ¨             #@#%†^-^¨¨
¨^-^†%#@##                                          ##@#%†^-^¨
¨¨^-^†%#@#                                          #@#%†^-^¨¨
¨¨¨^-^†%#@ 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.                 #@#%†^-^¨¨
¨¨¨^-^†%#@                                          @#%†^-^¨¨¨
¨¨^-^†%#@#                     †                    #@#%†^-^¨¨
¨^-^†%#@##                                          ##@#%†^-^¨
¨¨^-^†%#@# 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.              #@#%†^-^¨¨
¨^-^†%#@##                                          ##@#%†^-^¨
¨¨^-^†%#@#                     #                    #@#%†^-^¨¨
¨¨¨^-^†%#@                                          @#%†^-^¨¨¨
¨¨^-^†%#@# 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. @#%†^-^¨¨¨
¨¨^-^†%#@#                                          #@#%†^-^¨¨
¨^-^†%#@##                     ¨                    ##@#%†^-^¨
¨¨^-^†%#@#                                          #@#%†^-^¨¨
¨¨¨^-^†%#@ 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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