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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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