#=††=~.... ....~=††=#
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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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##@#%=†=~. = .~=†=%#@##
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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. .~=†=%%###
@@#=†~~~.. ..~~~†=#@@
##===..... = .....===##
##@#%=†=~. .~=†=%#@##
##@#%=†=~. 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. .....~†%##
##@#%=†=~. .~=†=%#@##
@@@#%=†=~. @ .~=†=%#@@@
#@%%††~... ...~††%%@#
##@#%=†=~. 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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#=†~...... ......~†=#
@%†~...... ......~†%@
##%†==~... ...~==†%##