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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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