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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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