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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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