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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, #,#,######
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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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