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@&$$$††=-,             % dream palace %             ,-=††$$$&@
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#@#&%$†=-,             % ..... ...... %             ,-=†$%&#@#
@&&&%$†=-,             † ..... ...... †             ,-=†$%&&&@
#@#&%$†=-,             - ..... ...... -             ,-=†$%&#@#
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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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