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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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