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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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