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,,-^=¤§@@@ ¤ 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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