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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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