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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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$%*,...... most importantly, there's a two square ......,*%$
&$%*,..... meter area on the floor where i can .....,*%$&
@&$%*,.... "save" things. whatever i put in here ....,*%$&@
#@&$%*,... will not be affected by the nightly ...,*%$&@#
##@&$%*,.. reset. everything else, however, is ..,*%$&@##
###@&$%*,. completely reset overnight: synth .,*%$&@###
##@&$%*,.. patches removed, food uneaten, wounds ..,*%$&@##
#@&$%*,... healed, and wherever and whenever i'd ...,*%$&@#
@&$%*,.... fall asleep i'd always wake up fully ....,*%$&@
&$%*,..... rested in my bed. sometimes there's .....,*%$&
$%*,...... accidents where i lose stuff by ......,*%$
%*,....... 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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