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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 #....#....
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..#...#.## 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 #.........
..#....#.. 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, ....#.....
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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 ..###.....
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..#..#..#. healed, and wherever and whenever i'd #...###...
...#..#..# fall asleep i'd always wake up fully ##..#.##..
....#..#.. rested in my bed. sometimes there's .##...###.
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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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