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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    ##,,,,####
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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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