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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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