,,,,,,~/%§                                          §%/~,,,,,,
,,,,,,~/§§                                          §§/~,,,,,,
,,,,,~/%§#                                          #§%/~,,,,,
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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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,,^^^^//%§                                          §%//^^^^,,
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