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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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