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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. #=-.......
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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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