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..^~=*%§##             % dream palace %             ##§%*=~^..
.^~=*%§###             ^ ----- ------ ^             ###§%*=~^.
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.^~=*%§###             = ..... ...... =             ###§%*=~^.
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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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