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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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