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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. ££%===*-~,
,~-*=%@@£#                                          #£@@%=*-~,
,~-*=%@£##                     ,                    ##£@%=*-~,
,,,,,,~-=@                                          @=-~,,,,,,
,~-*=%@@@£ 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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