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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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,,,,,-~†$$ in  this cottage there's a  lot of radio $$†~-,,,,,
,,,,-~†$$#   equipment, sound stuff, synths, tape   #$$†~-,,,,
,,,-~†$$#@ players. pen and  paper, books, cameras, @#$$†~-,,,
,,-~†$$#@# mirrors,  prisms, and  various things to #@#$$†~-,,
,-~†$$#@## do art with. the fridge  is filled  with ##@#$$†~-,
,,-~†$$#@# differet foods,  all of them intriguing, #@#$$†~-,,
,,,-~†$$#@              slightly weird.             @#$$†~-,,,
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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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