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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))                 ##¶#§%†=~.
.~=†%§#¶##                                          ##¶#§%†=~.
.~=†%§#¶##                     =                    ##¶#§%†=~.
.~=†§#¶###                                          ###¶#§†=~.
.~=†%§#¶## 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.      #¶#%%==~..
.~=†%§#¶##                                          ##¶#§%†=~.
.~===†§§#¶                    ¶                     ¶#§§†===~.
.~=†%%§§§#                                          #§§§%%†=~.
.~=†%§#¶## 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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