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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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#@¶@§%^-^,                    -                     ,^-^%§@¶@#
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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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