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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, ,~==*$§@##
#§§*==~,,, birdland-ish eternal spring (late ,,,~==*§§#
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##@§$*==~, 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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