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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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