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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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