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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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