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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. ¨¨¨^-/*§§@
#@§§*/-^¨¨                                          ¨¨^-/*§§@#
##@§§*/-^¨                    ¨                     ¨^-/*§§@##
#@§§*/-^¨¨                                          ¨¨^-/*§§@#
@§§*/-^¨¨¨ 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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