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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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