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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))                 ##§*†;-:¨¨
¨:-;†*§###                                          ###§*†;-:¨
¨¨:-;†*§##                     -                    ##§*†;-:¨¨
¨¨¨:-;†*§#                                          #§*†;-:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:-;†*§ 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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¨¨¨:-;†*§#                                          #§*†;-:¨¨¨