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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 ####,,,,##
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,,,,,,,,,, in this cottage there's a lot of radio ###,,,,,,,
########## equipment, sound stuff, synths, tape ##,,######
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########,, mirrors, prisms, and various things to ,,##,,####
#######,,# do art with. the fridge is filled with ,,,,,,,###
######,,,, differet foods, all of them intriguing, ######,,##
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,####,,,,# i have friends - there's a cat, and a ###,,####,
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#,,,,,,,,, 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. ##########
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