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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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