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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))                 ##¨¨¨¨##¨¨
####¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨#¨¨¨#¨#¨#
¨¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨#                    =                     ##¨¨#####¨
¨¨##¨¨¨¨##                                          ¨#¨#¨¨¨¨#¨
¨#¨#¨¨¨#¨# 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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¨¨#¨¨#¨#¨#                     @                    ¨##¨##¨###
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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. ¨¨##¨#####
¨¨¨#¨¨#¨¨#                                          ¨#¨##¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨##¨##¨##                     ¨                    ###¨#¨¨¨¨¨
¨#¨##¨##¨¨                                          ¨¨###¨¨¨¨¨
###¨##¨#¨# 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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