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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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