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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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