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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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