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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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,,-~/†*&##                     #                    ##&*†/~-,,
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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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,-~/†*&###                     ,                    ###&*†/~-,
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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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