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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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