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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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