.^~^$%#@## ##@#%$^~^.
.^~^^^%### ###%^^^~^.
.^~^$%#@@@ @@@#%$^~^.
.^~^$%#@## ##@#%$^~^.
...^^^$%@# #@%$^^^...
.....^^%## % dream palace % ##%^^.....
.^~^$%#@## ^ ----- ------ ^ ##@#%$^~^.
...^^~$%@# % ..... ...... % #@%$~^^...
.^~^$%#@@# ^ ..... ...... ^ #@@#%$^~^.
.....^^^%# ^ ..... ...... ^ #%^^^.....
....~^%%#@ ^ ..... ...... ^ @#%%^~....
.^~^$%#@## . ..... ...... . ##@#%$^~^.
.....~$$$# #$$$~.....
.^~^$%#### ####%$^~^.
.^~^$#@### not actually a palace. a cottage in the ###@#$^~^.
.^~^^$%%%@ woods (temperate climate, rains every @%%%$^^~^.
.....^^%%# other day, springs and streams and #%%^^.....
...^~^$%## mysterious iron and stone artifacts, ##%$^~^...
.^~^$%#@## birdland-ish eternal spring (late ##@#%$^~^.
..^~~^%##@ spring)) @##%^~~^..
.....~^$#@ @#$^~.....
.^~^$%#@## ~ ##@#%$^~^.
.^~^$%#@## ##@#%$^~^.
.^~^$%#@## i wake up every morning at six am. it's ##@#%$^~^.
.^~^$%#@## dark, and the stars are out, but the ##@#%$^~^.
.^~^$%#@## sun is about to rise. its a long day, ##@#%$^~^.
.^~^$%#@## before it fades to night again, and ##@#%$^~^.
.^~^$%#@## then it stays so until i fall asleep. ##@#%$^~^.
.~^$%#@### it doesn't rise unless i've had my ###@#%$^~.
.^~^$%#@## dreams. ##@#%$^~^.
....^^^%#@ @#%^^^....
.^~^$%#@## $ ##@#%$^~^.
....~~$$$# #$$$~~....
..^~~^^^$# in this cottage there's a lot of radio #$^^^~~^..
......^^%# equipment, sound stuff, synths, tape #%^^......
.^~^$%#@## players. pen and paper, books, cameras, ##@#%$^~^.
.......~$# mirrors, prisms, and various things to #$~.......
.^~^$%#@@# do art with. the fridge is filled with #@@#%$^~^.
.^~^$%#@## differet foods, all of them intriguing, ##@#%$^~^.
....^^^$%# slightly weird. #%$^^^....
.^~^$%#@## ##@#%$^~^.
...^~^$#@@ # @@#$^~^...
.^~^^^^$## ##$^^^^~^.
.^~^$%#@## i have friends - there's a cat, and a ##@#%$^~^.
.^~^$%@### dog (who is ridicolously large and ###@%$^~^.
....^~$%#@ wants to be the big spoon). i listen to @#%$~^....
.^~^$%#@## the shortwave radio, and transmit a bit ##@#%$^~^.
.^^~~$%##@ myself, songs and poetry, and found @##%$~~^^.
.^~^$%#### sounds from the forest. the others tell ####%$^~^.
.^~^$%#@## of their lives, play the guitar for me, ##@#%$^~^.
.^~^$%#### and tell tales of the old world. i ####%$^~^.
.....^^$$# consider them friends as well. #$$^^.....
.^~^$%#@## ##@#%$^~^.
.^~^$%%%@@ @ @@%%%$^~^.
......^^%# #%^^......
...^^$$$## most importantly, there's a two square ##$$$^^...
.^~^$%#@## meter area on the floor where i can ##@#%$^~^.
.^~^$%#@## "save" things. whatever i put in here ##@#%$^~^.
......~^$# will not be affected by the nightly #$^~......
.^~^$%#@## reset. everything else, however, is ##@#%$^~^.
^~^$%#@### completely reset overnight: synth ###@#%$^~^
....^~^%%@ 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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.^~^$%#@## ##@#%$^~^.
....^~~$%@ @%$~~^....
.^~^$%#### ####%$^~^.