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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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