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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 .,--;;;^##
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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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