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......,=\%             % dream palace %             %\=,......
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....,=\%§#             % ..... ...... %             #§%\=,....
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..,=\%§###             , ..... ...... ,             ###§%\=,..
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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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