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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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