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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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