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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     ,,,,###,,,
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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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