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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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