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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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