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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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