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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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,,,,,-**¤# #¤**-,,,,,
,,,,,-***£ 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. £££¤*%*=-,
,-=*%*¤£## ##£¤*%*=-,
,-=*%*¤£## ¤ ##£¤*%*=-,
,,,,,,,=%¤ ¤%=,,,,,,,
,,,,,-***£ 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. ##£¤*%*=-,
,,,-****¤# #¤****-,,,
,,,-===%¤£ , £¤%===-,,,
,-=*%*¤¤££ ££¤¤*%*=-,
,-=*%*¤£## 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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