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,,#,,,#,,# * dream palace * ,#,#,###,#
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,#,,,,,,## not actually a palace. a cottage in the #,,,,#,,,,
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,#,#,,,,## other day, springs and streams and #,#,,#,#,,
,####,,,#, mysterious iron and stone artifacts, ####,####,
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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 ##,,#,##,#
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##,,#,##,# in this cottage there's a lot of radio ,,,,##,,,,
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#####,,##, 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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##,,##,,,# 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 ,,,#,,###,
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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. ##,,,##,,,
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