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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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,,&,,,&&,&                     †                    ,&,&,,,&&,
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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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&&,&&,&,&,                    #                     ,&&&&,,,,,
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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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&,,,&,&,,&                    ,                     ,&&,&&,,&,
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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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