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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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