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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.             §@@@†«::¨¨
¨:«†%@§@##                                          ##@§@%†«:¨
¨:«†%@§@@#                     §                    #@@§@%†«:¨
¨:«†%@§@##                                          ##@§@%†«:¨
¨¨¨¨«%@§@# 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. §@†«¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:«†%@§@##                                          ##@§@%†«:¨
¨:«†%@§@##                     ¨                    ##@§@%†«:¨
¨¨¨¨¨«†%§@                                          @§%†«¨¨¨¨¨
¨:«««††@§§ 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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