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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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