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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    ##&*===,..
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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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