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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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