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,,-^=*§¶##             * dream palace *             ##¶§*=^-,,
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,,-^=*§¶##             * ..... ...... *             ##¶§*=^-,,
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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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,,,--^=**§                    =                     §**=^--,,,
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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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