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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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