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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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¨,=†$¤§@## i wake up every morning at six am. it's ##@§¤$†=,¨
¨,=†$$$$$§ dark, and the stars are out, but the §$$$$$†=,¨
¨,=†$¤§§@@ sun is about to rise. its a long day, @@§§¤$†=,¨
¨,=†$¤§@## before it fades to night again, and ##@§¤$†=,¨
¨,=†$¤§@@# then it stays so until i fall asleep. #@@§¤$†=,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨=$§ it doesn't rise unless i've had my §$=¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,=†$¤§@## dreams. ##@§¤$†=,¨
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¨,=†$¤§@@# in this cottage there's a lot of radio #@@§¤$†=,¨
¨,=†$¤§§§@ equipment, sound stuff, synths, tape @§§§¤$†=,¨
¨,=†$¤§@@# players. pen and paper, books, cameras, #@@§¤$†=,¨
¨,=†$¤§@@@ mirrors, prisms, and various things to @@@§¤$†=,¨
¨¨¨,††¤§§@ do art with. the fridge is filled with @§§¤††,¨¨¨
¨,=†$§@@## differet foods, all of them intriguing, ##@@§$†=,¨
¨,=†$¤§@@# slightly weird. #@@§¤$†=,¨
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¨,=†$¤¤§@@ i have friends - there's a cat, and a @@§¤¤$†=,¨
¨¨¨,,=††$§ dog (who is ridicolously large and §$††=,,¨¨¨
¨¨¨,†$¤§@@ wants to be the big spoon). i listen to @@§¤$†,¨¨¨
¨,=†$¤§§@@ the shortwave radio, and transmit a bit @@§§¤$†=,¨
¨,=†$$¤§@@ 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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