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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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