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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    #,,###,,,,
,,,##,,,,,                 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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