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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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