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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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&==~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~==&
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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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