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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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