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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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