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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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