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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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