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¨,-:$$#@## ##@#$$:-,¨
¨¨¨--:$$## $ dream palace $ ##$$:--¨¨¨
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¨,-:$$#@## $ ..... ...... $ ##@#$$:-,¨
¨¨¨¨,,:$$# : ..... ...... : #$$:,,¨¨¨¨
¨,-:$$@### , ..... ...... , ###@$$:-,¨
¨,-:$$#@## , ..... ...... , ##@#$$:-,¨
¨¨¨¨-:$$#@ ¨ ..... ...... ¨ @#$$:-¨¨¨¨
¨,-:$$@### ###@$$:-,¨
¨,-:$$#@## ##@#$$:-,¨
¨¨¨¨,:$$$# not actually a palace. a cottage in the #$$$:,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-:$##@ woods (temperate climate, rains every @##$:-,¨¨¨
¨,-:$$#@## other day, springs and streams and ##@#$$:-,¨
¨¨¨---:$## mysterious iron and stone artifacts, ##$:---¨¨¨
¨,,--::$## birdland-ish eternal spring (late ##$::--,,¨
¨,-:$$#@## spring)) ##@#$$:-,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,:$$# #$$:,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-$$$$# - #$$$$-,¨¨¨
¨,-:$$#@## ##@#$$:-,¨
¨,-:$$#@## 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. @@#$$$:-,¨
¨¨¨¨,-:$#@ @#$:-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨,,-:$$$@ ¨ @$$$:-,,¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-::$# #$::-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨---$#@@ at night, i have demi-lucid dreams @@#$---¨¨¨
¨,-:$$$$@@ where the spirits of the forest around @@$$$$:-,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-$$# 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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