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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    #,##,#,###
##,#,###,#                 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, ,,,#,,###,
###,######              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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