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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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