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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.                  ##%%†††=^.
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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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