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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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