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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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