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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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