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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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