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#@@§%%^-:¨             % dream palace %             ¨:-^%%§@@#
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@%^:¨¨¨¨¨¨             % ..... ...... %             ¨¨¨¨¨¨:^%@
#@%^-:::¨¨             ^ ..... ...... ^             ¨¨:::-^%@#
@%^^:¨¨¨¨¨             : ..... ...... :             ¨¨¨¨¨:^^%@
##@§%%^-:¨             : ..... ...... :             ¨:-^%%§@##
##@§%%^-:¨             ¨ ..... ...... ¨             ¨:-^%%§@##
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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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