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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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