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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, #,,,,,,,,#
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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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