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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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