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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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